Document ID: EPA-R02-OAR-2017-0338-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2017-11-06T05:00Z

Public Comment Received October 15, 2017
Docket EPA-RO2-OAR-2017-0338
Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; United Sates Virgin Islands; Other Solid Waste Incineration Units. (OSWI's)

Submitted comment: "This is laughable!! Hurricane Maria destroyed the US VI and everything on it!.. 
EPA should ensure that no solid waste incinerators are brought to the islands for clean up efforts otherwise the negative declaration doesn't mean anything".

EPA Memo to the Docket:
EPA does not view this comment as adverse to the Proposed Rule and Direct Final Rule because the Proposed Rule and Direct Final Rule simply affirm the Government of the United States Virgin Islands' certification that existing Other Solid Waste Incinerator Units (OSWI Units) subject to sections 111(d) and 129 of the Clean Air Act do not exist within the jurisdiction of the United States Virgin Islands. Existing OSWI units are those units that commenced construction on or before December 9, 2004.  The comment does not claim that there were such units on the US Virgin Islands before December 9, 2004. Rather, the comment calls for clarification about what would happen if a new OSWI unit were brought to the US Virgin Islands for post-hurricane cleanup efforts. In the event that such a unit were brought to the US Virgin Islands, it could potentially be subject to a different regulation, including but not limited to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE, which governs new incineration units, rather than to the regulation for existing OSWI Units at issue in this action.