Document ID: EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0847-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Delaware; Control Technique Guidelines for Plastic Parts, Metal Furniture, Large Appliances, and Miscellaneous Metal Parts
Posted Date: 2012-07-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41337-41343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16950]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0847; FRL-9697-8]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Delaware; Control Technique Guidelines for Plastic Parts, Metal 
Furniture, Large Appliances, and Miscellaneous Metal Parts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Delaware State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Delaware Department of 
Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) on April 1, 2010 
and March 9, 2012. These SIP revisions consist of amendments to 
Delaware's regulation for the Control of Volatile Organic Compounds 
(VOC) and meet the

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requirement to adopt reasonably available control technology (RACT) for 
sources covered by EPA's Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) standards 
for the following categories: Plastic Parts, Metal Furniture, Large 
Appliances, and Miscellaneous Metal Parts. These amendments will reduce 
emissions of VOC from these source categories and help Delaware attain 
and maintain the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for 
ozone. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 13, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2010-0847 by one of the following methods:
    A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    B. Email: mastro.donna@epa.gov.
    C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0847, Donna Mastro, Acting Associate 
Director, Office of Air Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
    D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2010-0847. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change, and may be made available online 
at 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 www.regulations.gov or email. The 
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 email comment 
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email 
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 electronic docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or 
in hard copy during normal business hours at the Air Protection 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State submittal 
are available at the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and 
Environmental Control, 89 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 1401, Dover, Delaware 
19903.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Becoat, (215) 814-2036, or by 
email at becoat.gregory@epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.

I. What action is EPA taking?
II. What is the background for this action?
III. Description of the SIP Revisions Submitted by the State of 
Delaware
IV. What is EPA's evaluation of the State submittal?
V. Proposed Action
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Review

I. What action is EPA taking?

    EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Delaware SIP submitted 
by DNREC on April 1, 2010 and March 9, 2012, adopting the requirements 
of EPA's CTGs for the coating of plastic parts, metal furniture, large 
appliances, and miscellaneous metal parts, as RACT for these source 
categories. Specifically, DNREC is amending its Regulation No. 1124, 
Control of Volatile Organic Compounds, to incorporate the requirements 
of EPA's CTGs for the above mentioned source categories. CTGs are 
documents issued by EPA that provide guidance to States concerning what 
types of controls could constitute RACT for VOC from various sources, 
including plastic parts, metal furniture, large appliances, and 
miscellaneous metal parts. EPA requires all ozone nonattainment areas 
to update regulations for emission sources covered in an EPA CTG and to 
submit the regulations to EPA for approval as SIP revisions. The 
revisions to Delaware's Regulation 1124 include amendments to sections 
2.0, ``Definitions,'' 12.0, ``Surface Coating of Plastic Parts,'' 19.0, 
``Coating of Metal Furniture,'' 20.0, ``Coating of Large Appliances,'' 
and 22.0, ``Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts.'' These amendments 
will reduce the VOC content of currently regulated coatings, regulate 
additional coating categories, require the use of coating application 
equipment that provides for high transfer efficiency, and require that 
clean-up solvent emissions be included in regulatory applicability 
determinations.

II. What is the background for this action?

    Section 172(c)(1) of the CAA provides that SIPs for nonattainment 
areas must include reasonably available control measures (RACM), 
including RACT for sources of emissions. Section 182(b)(2)(A) of the 
CAA provides that for certain nonattainment areas, states must revise 
their SIPs to include RACT for VOC sources covered by any CTG document 
issued after November 15, 1990 and prior to the area's date of 
attainment. Section 183(e) of the CAA provides that states may issue a 
CTG in lieu of a national regulation for a product category where EPA 
determines that a CTG will be substantially as effective as regulations 
in reducing emissions of VOC in ozone nonattainment areas. In 
developing these CTGs, EPA, among other things, evaluates the sources 
of VOC emissions from these categories, and the available control 
approaches for addressing these emissions, including the cost of such 
approaches. Based on available information and data, EPA provides 
recommendations for RACT for VOC from these categories. States can 
follow the CTGs and adopt State regulations to implement the 
recommendations contained therein, or they can adopt alternative 
approaches. In either case, states must submit their RACT rules to EPA 
for review and approval as part of the SIP process. EPA will evaluate 
the rules and determine, through notice and comment rulemaking in the 
SIP approval process, whether the submitted rules meet the RACT 
requirements of the CAA and EPA's regulations.
    In September 2007, EPA published new CTGs for Metal Furniture 
Coatings (EPA-453/R-07-005) and Large Appliance Coatings (EPA 453/R-07-

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004). In September 2008, EPA published a new CTG for Miscellaneous 
Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings (EPA-453/R-08-003). These CTGs discuss 
the nature of VOC emissions from these industries, the available 
control technologies for addressing such emissions, the costs of 
available control options, and other information. EPA developed the new 
CTGs for these industries after reviewing existing state and local VOC 
emission reduction approaches, new source performance standards (NSPS), 
previously issued CTGs, and national emission standards for hazardous 
air pollutants (NESHAP) for these source categories.

A. Metal Furniture Coatings

    Metal furniture coatings include the coatings that are applied to 
the surfaces of metal furniture. A metal furniture substrate is the 
furniture or components of furniture constructed either entirely or 
partially from metal. Metal furniture includes, but is not limited to, 
the following types of products: Household, office, institutional, 
laboratory, hospital, public building, restaurant, barber and beauty 
shop, and dental furniture, as well as components of these products. 
Metal furniture also includes office and store fixtures, partitions, 
shelving, lockers, lamps and lighting fixtures, and wastebaskets. Metal 
furniture coatings include paints and adhesives and are typically 
applied without a primer. Higher solids and powder coatings are used 
extensively in the metal furniture surface coating industry. Metal 
furniture coatings provide a covering, finish, or functional or 
protective layer, and can also provide a decorative finish to metal 
furniture.

B. Large Appliance Coatings

    Large appliance coatings include, but are not limited to, materials 
referred to as paint, topcoats, basecoats, primers, enamels, and 
adhesives used in the manufacture of large appliance parts or products. 
A large appliance part is defined as any organic surface-coated metal 
lid, door, casing, panel, or other interior or exterior metal part or 
accessory that is assembled to form a large appliance product. A large 
appliance product is also defined as any organic surface-coated metal 
range, oven, microwave oven, refrigerator, freezer, washer, dryer, 
dishwasher, water heater, or trash compactor manufactured for 
household, commercial, or recreational use.

C. Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings

    Miscellaneous metal product and plastic parts surface coating 
categories include the coatings that are applied to the surfaces of a 
varied range of metal and plastic parts and products. These parts or 
products are constructed either entirely or partially from metal or 
plastic. They include, but are not limited to, metal and plastic 
components of the following types of products as well as the products 
themselves: Fabricated metal products, molded plastic parts, small and 
large farm machinery, commercial and industrial machinery and 
equipment, automotive or transportation equipment, interior or exterior 
automotive parts, construction equipment, motor vehicle accessories, 
bicycles and sporting goods, toys, recreational vehicles, pleasure 
craft (recreational boats), extruded aluminum structural components, 
railroad cars, heavier vehicles, \1\ lawn and garden equipment, 
business machines, laboratory and medical equipment, electronic 
equipment, steel drums, metal pipes, and numerous other industrial and 
household products (hereinafter collectively referred to as 
``miscellaneous metal and plastic parts.'') The CTG applies to 
manufacturers of miscellaneous metal and plastic parts that surface-
coat the parts they produce. Miscellaneous metal products and plastic 
parts coatings do not include coatings that are a part of other product 
categories listed under section 183(e) of the CAA for which CTGs have 
been published or coatings addressed by other CTGs.
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    \1\ Heavier vehicles includes all vehicles that meet the 
definition of the term ``other motor vehicles,'' as defined in the 
National Emission Standards for Surface Coating of Automobile and 
Light-Duty Trucks at 40 CFR 63.3176.
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III. Description of the SIP Revisions Submitted by the State of 
Delaware

    On April 1, 2010 and March 9, 2012 DNREC submitted SIP revisions 
adopting the recommendations contained in EPA's new CTGs for the 
control of VOC from the coating of plastic parts, metal furniture, 
large appliances, and miscellaneous metal parts, as RACT for these 
source categories. The March 9, 2012 SIP revision amended the 
submission of April 1, 2010 to include EPA as well as DNREC approval 
for any alternative coating method not explicitly specified in the 
regulation. The revision also corrected minor typographical errors 
which were non-substantive in nature. As a result of these SIP 
revisions, the following sections of 7 DE Administrative Code 1124, 
Control of Volatile Organic Compounds, are being revised to reflect 
Delaware's adoption of the new CTGs: section 2.0, ``Definitions,'' 
section 12.0, ``Surface Coating of Plastic Parts,'' section 19.0, 
``Coating of Metal Furniture,'' section 20.0, ``Coating of Large 
Appliances,'' and section 22.0, ``Coating of Miscellaneous Metal 
Parts.''

A. Regulation 1124, Section 2.0--Definitions

    The revisions to section 2.0, ``Definitions,'' add the following 
definitions: Adhesion primer, aerosol coating product, air-dried 
coating, baked coating, dip coating, electric-insulating and thermal-
conducting coating, electrostatic spray, extreme high-gloss coating, 
extreme performance coating, flow coating, hand application, heat 
resistant coating, high-volume, low pressure (HVLP) spray equipment, 
metallic coating, mold-seal coating, one-component coating, 
pretreatment coating, repair coating, safety-indicating coating, solar-
absorbent coating, solid-film lubricant, stencil coating, touch-up 
coating, two-component paint, and vacuum-metalizing coating.

B. Regulation 1124, Section 12.0-- Surface Coating of Plastic Parts

    The revisions to section 12.0, ``Surface Coating of Plastic 
Parts,'' establish (1) Applicability for every owner or operator of any 
plastic parts or products coating units; (2) add, revise, and delete 
definitions; (3) specify standards for owners or operators of any 
plastic parts or products coating units; (4) specify exemptions; and 
(5) specify control devices, test methods, compliance certification, 
recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. More detailed information on 
these provisions can be found in the docket prepared for this 
rulemaking action.
    Section 12.0 requires that the VOC contents of a plastic part or 
products coating unit subject to the provisions of this section, be 
less than or equal to the limits listed in Table 1 below.

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  Table 1--Plastic Parts Coating VOC Content Limits--VOC Content Limits
 Are Expressed as Mass (kg or lb) per Volume (Liter (l) or Gallon (gal))
         of Coating Less Water and Exempt Compounds, as Applied
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        Coating category           kg VOC/l coating   lb VOC/gal coating
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                                General*
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One component coating...........  0.28..............  2.3.
Multi-component coating.........  0.42..............  3.5.
Electric dissipating coatings     0.36..............  3.0.
 and shock-free coatings.
Extreme performance.............  0.42 (2 pack).....  3.5 (2 pack).
Metallic........................  0.42..............  3.5.
Military specification..........  0.34 (1 pack).....  2.8 (1 pack)
                                  0.42 (2 pack).....  3.5 (2 pack).
Mold-seal.......................  0.76..............  6.3.
Multicolored coatings...........  0.68..............  5.7.
Optical coatings................  0.80..............  6.7.
Vacuum-metalizing...............  0.80..............  6.7.
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                         Business Machine Parts
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Primers.........................  0.14..............  1.2.
Topcoat.........................  0.28..............  2.3.
Texture coat....................  0.28..............  2.3.
Fog coat........................  0.26..............  2.2.
Touchup and repair..............  0.28..............  2.3.
Clearcoats......................  0.28..............  2.3.
EMI/RFI coatings................  0.48..............  4.0.
Soft coatings...................  0.52..............  4.3.
Plating resist coatings.........  0.71..............  5.9.
Plating sensitizer coatings.....  0.85..............  7.1.
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                     Automotive/Transportation Parts
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                           High bake coatings
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Flexible primer.................  0.46..............  3.8.
Non-flexible primer.............  0.42..............  3.5.
Base coats......................  0.52..............  4.3.
Clear coat......................  0.48..............  4.0.
Non-basecoat/clear coat.........  0.52..............  4.3.
Interior colorcoat..............  0.49..............  4.1.
Exterior colorcoat..............  0.55..............  4.6.
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                  Low bake/air dried coatings-exterior
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Primers.........................  0.58..............  4.8.
Basecoat........................  0.60..............  5.0.
Clearcoats......................  0.54..............  4.5.
Non-basecoat/clearcoat..........  0.60..............  5.0.
Red and black colorcoats........  0.67..............  5.6.
All other colorcoats............  0.61..............  5.1.
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                       Low bake/air dried coatings
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Interior primers................  0.42..............  3.5.
Colorcoats......................  0.38..............  3.2.
Touchup and repair coatings.....  0.62..............  5.2.
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                             Auto Specialty
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Vacuum metalizing basecoats.....  0.66..............  5.5.
Texture coatings................  0.66..............  5.5.
Reflective argent coatings......  0.71..............  5.9.
Soft specialty coatings.........  0.71..............  5.9.
Air bag cover coatings..........  0.71..............  5.9.
Gloss flatteners................  0.77..............  6.4.
Vacuum metalizing topcoats......  0.77..............  6.4.
Texture topcoats................  0.77..............  6.4.
Stencil coatings................  0.81..............  6.8.
Adhesion primers................  0.81..............  6.8.
Ink pad printing coatings.......  0.81..............  6.8.
Electrostatic prep coats........  0.81..............  6.8.
Resist coatings.................  0.81..............  6.8.
Headlamp lens coatings..........  0.89..............  7.4.
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* General refers to those parts or products which are not Business
  Machine Parts or Automotive/Transportation Parts.

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C. Regulation 1124, Section 19.0--Coating of Metal Furniture

    The revisions to section 19.0, ``Coating of Metal Furniture,'' 
establish (1) Applicability to every owner or operator of any metal 
furniture coating unit; (2) revise a definition; (3) specify standards 
for owners or operators of any metal furniture coating unit; (4) 
specify exemptions; and (5) specify control devices, test methods, 
compliance certification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. 
More detailed information on these provisions can be found in the 
docket prepared for this rulemaking.
    Section 19.0 of this regulation requires that the VOC content of a 
metal furniture coating unit subject to the provisions of this section, 
be less than or equal to the limits listed in Table 2 below.

  Table 2--Metal Furniture Coating VOC Content Limits--VOC Content Limits Are Expressed as Mass (kg or lb) per
                    Volume (l or gal) of Coating Less Water and Exempt Compounds, as Applied
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                Coating category                     kg VOC/l       lb VOC/gal       kg VOC/l       lb VOC/gal
                                                      coating         coating         coating         coating
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General, one-component..........................           0.275             2.3           0.275             2.3
General, multi-component........................           0.275             2.3           0.340             2.8
Extreme high-gloss..............................           0.360             3.0           0.340             2.8
Extreme performance.............................           0.360             3.0           0.420             3.5
Heat-resistant..................................           0.360             3.0           0.420             3.5
Metallic........................................           0.420             3.5           0.420             3.5
Pretreatment....................................           0.420             3.5           0.420             3.5
Solar-absorbent.................................           0.360             3.0           0.420             3.5
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D. Regulation 1124, Section 20.0--Coating of Large Appliances

    The revisions to section 20.0, ``Coating of Large Appliances,'' 
establish (1) Applicability to every owner or operator of any large 
appliance coating unit; (2) revise a definition; (3) specify standards 
for owners or operators of any large appliance coating unit; (4) 
specify exemptions; and (5) specify control devices, test methods, 
compliance certification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. 
More detailed information on these provisions can be found in the 
docket prepared for this rulemaking action.
    Section 20.0 of this regulation requires that the VOC content of a 
large appliance coating unit subject to the provisions of this section, 
be less than or equal to the limits listed in Table 3 below.

Table 3--Large Appliance Coating VOC Content Limits--VOC Coating Content Limits Are Expressed as Mass (kg or lb)
                  per Volume (l or gal) of Coating Less Water and Exempt Compounds, as Applied
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                                                               Baked                         Air dried
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                Coating category                     kg VOC/l       lb VOC/gal       kg VOC/l       lb VOC/gal
                                                      coating         coating         coating         coating
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General, one-component..........................           0.275             2.3           0.275             2.3
General, multi-component........................           0.275             2.3           0.340             2.8
Extreme high-gloss..............................           0.360             3.0           0.340             2.8
Extreme performance.............................           0.360             3.0           0.420             3.5
Heat-resistant..................................           0.360             3.0           0.420             3.5
Metallic........................................           0.420             3.5           0.420             3.5
Pretreatment....................................           0.420             3.5           0.420             3.5
Solar-absorbent.................................           0.360             3.0           0.420             3.5
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E. Regulation 1124, Section 22.0--Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts

    The revisions to section 22.0, ``Coating of Miscellaneous Metal 
Parts,'' establish (1) Applicability to every owner or operator of any 
miscellaneous metal parts and products coating unit; (2) add, revise, 
and delete definitions; (3) specify standards for owners or operators 
of any miscellaneous metal parts and products coating unit; (4) specify 
exemptions; and (5) specify control devices, test methods, compliance 
certification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. More detailed 
information on these provisions can be found in the docket prepared for 
this rulemaking action.
    Section 22.0 of this regulation requires that the VOC content of a 
miscellaneous metal parts and products coating unit subject to the 
provisions of this section, be less than or equal to the limits listed 
in Table 4 below.

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 Table 4--Metal Parts and Products Coating VOC Content Limits--VOC Coating Content Limits Are Expressed as Mass
             (kg or lb) per Volume (l or gal) of Coating Less Water and Exempt Compounds, as Applied
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                                                             Air dried                         Baked
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                Coating category                     kg VOC/l       lb VOC/gal       kg VOC/l       lb VOC/gal
                                                      coating         coating         coating         coating
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General, one-component..........................            0.34             2.8            0.28             2.3
General, multi-component........................            0.34             2.8            0.28             2.3
Camouflage......................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Electric insulating varnish.....................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Electric insulating and thermal conducting                  0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
 coatings.......................................
Etching filler..................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Extreme high gloss..............................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Extreme performance.............................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Heat resistant..................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
High performance architectural..................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
High temperature................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Magnetic data storage disc coatings.............            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Metallic........................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Military specification..........................            0.34             2.8            0.28             2.3
Mold seal.......................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Pan Backing.....................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Prefabricated architectural multi-component.....            0.42             3.5            0.28             2.3
Prefabricated architectural one component.......            0.42             3.5            0.28             2.3
Pretreatment coatings...........................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Repair and touch up.............................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Safety indicating coatings......................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Silicone release................................            0.42             3.5            0.42             3.5
Solar absorbent.................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Solid-film lubricant............................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Stencil coatings................................            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Vacuum metalizing...............................            0.42             3.5            0.42             3.5
Drum coating, new, exterior.....................            0.34             2.8            0.34             2.8
Drum coating, new, interior.....................            0.42             3.5            0.42             3.5
Drum coating, reconditioned, exterior...........            0.42             3.5            0.36             3.0
Drum coating, reconditioned, interior...........            0.50             4.2            0.50             4.2
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V. Proposed Action

    EPA is proposing to approve the State of Delaware's SIP revisions 
submitted on April 1, 2010 and March 9, 2012, adopting the requirements 
of EPA's CTGs for the coating of plastic parts, metal furniture, large 
appliances, and miscellaneous metal parts, as RACT for these source 
categories. EPA is soliciting public comments on the issues discussed 
in this document. These comments will be considered before taking final 
action.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP 
submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA and applicable 
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in 
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, 
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this 
action merely proposes to approve state law as meeting Federal 
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those 
imposed by state law. For that reason, this proposed action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based 
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 
19885, April 23, 1997);
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to 
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent 
with the CAA; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to 
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental 
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under 
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, this proposed rule, pertaining to Delaware's adoption of 
EPA's CTGs for the coating of plastic parts, metal furniture, large 
appliances, and miscellaneous metal parts, does not have tribal 
implications as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 
November 9, 2000), because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian 
country located in the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose 
substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Ozone, Reporting 
and

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recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: June 26, 2012.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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