Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0199-0053
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Alternative Work Practice To Detect Leaks From Equipment
Posted Date: 2006-06-07T15:00:23Z

[Federal Register: June 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 32885-32887]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0199; FRL-8180-8]
RIN 2060-AL98

 
Alternative Work Practice To Detect Leaks From Equipment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the comment period on the proposed rule 
amendment for numerous EPA air pollution standards which require

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specific work practices for equipment leak detection and repair (LDAR), 
published on April 6, 2006 (70 FR 17401) is being extended until July 
5, 2006.

DATES: The comment period has been extended from June 5, 2006 to on or 
before July 5, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0199, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0199.
     Fax: (202) 566-1741, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0199.
     Mail: U.S. Postal Service, send comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (6102T), Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0199, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total 
of two copies.
     Hand Delivery: In person or by courier, deliver comments 
to: EPA Docket Center (6102T), Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-
0199, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room B-102, Washington, DC 20004. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information. Please include a total of two copies.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0199. 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. Send or deliver information identified 

as CBI to only the following address: Mr. Roberto Morales, OAQPS 
Document Control Officer, EPA (C404-02), Attention Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2003-0199, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Clearly mark the 
part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. 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. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://.

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 statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, 

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0199, EPA West Building, Room B-102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the EPA 
Docket Center is (202) 566-1742. A reasonable fee may be charged for 
copying docket materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Markwordt, EPA, Office of 
Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs 
Division, Coatings and Chemicals Group, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711; telephone number (919) 541-0837; facsimile number (919) 541-
0246; e-mail address markwordt.david@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Regulated Entities. The regulated categories and entities affected 
by the proposed rule amendment include, but are not limited to:

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                                                   Examples of regulated
           Category                  NAICS *             entities
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Industry......................               325  Chemical
                                             324   manufacturers.
                                                  Petroleum refineries
                                                   and manufacturers of
                                                   coal products.
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* North American Information Classification System.

    This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by the 
national emission standards. To determine whether your facility would 
be affected by the national emission standards, you should examine the 
applicability criteria in 40 CFR parts 60, 61, 63, and 65, including, 
but not limited to: part 60, subparts A, Kb, VV, XX, DDD, GGG, KKK, 
QQQ, and WWW; part 61, subparts F, L, V, BB, and FF; part 63, subparts 
G, H, I, R, S, U, Y, CC, DD, EE, GG, HH, OO, PP, QQ, SS, TT, UU, VV, 
YY, GGG, HHH, III, JJJ, MMM, OOO, VVV, FFFF, and GGGGG; and part 65, 
subparts A, F, and G. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of the national emission standards to a particular 
entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Submitting CBI: Do not submit information which you claim to be CBI 
to EPA through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the 

part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 
information submitted on a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark 
the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify 
electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that 
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment 
that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that 
does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for 
inclusion in the public docket. Information marked as CBI will not be 
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 
2.
    Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition to being available in the docket, 
an electronic copy of this notice is also available on the http://WWW. 

Following the Administrator's signature, a copy of the

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proposed rule will be posted on EPA's Technology Transfer Network (TTN) 
policy and guidance page for newly proposed or promulgated rules at 
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg. The TTN provides information and 

technology exchange in various areas of air pollution control.

Comment Period

    We received a request to extend the public comment period to July 
5, 2006. We agreed to this request, therefore the public comment period 
will now end on July 5, 2006, rather than June 5, 2006.

How Can I Get Copies of the Proposed Amendments and Other Related 
Information?

    EPA has established the official public docket for the proposed 
rulemaking under docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0199. Information on how 
to access the docket is presented above in the ADDRESSES section.

    Dated: June 1, 2006.
William L. Wehrum,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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