Document ID: EPA-R03-OAR-2009-0463-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: West Virginia; Control of Emissions from Existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Units, Plan Revision
Posted Date: 2009-08-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 3, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 147)]
[Proposed Rules]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[EPA-R03-OAR-2009-0463; FRL-8938-9]

 
Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for 
Designated Facilities and Pollutants; West Virginia; Control of 
Emissions From Existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator 
Units, Plan Revision

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a revision to the West Virginia (WV) 
hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) 111(d)/129 plan 
(the ``plan''). The revision contains a modified WV Department of 
Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality (DAQ) rule, 
WV45CSR18, that streamlines and consolidates the state's regulatory 
structure for incinerator units into one rule which incorporates Clean 
Air Act (CAA), section 129, requirements. This approval action relates 
only to HMIWI units. In the Final Rules section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving the State of West Virginia's HMIWI plan 
revision submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal 
because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial action and 
anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval 
is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are 
received in response to this action, no further activity is 
contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule 
will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in 
a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not 
institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in commenting 
on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 2, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2009-0463 by one of the following methods:
    A. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    B. E-mail: http://wilkie.walter@epa.gov.
    C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2009-0463, Walter Wilkie, Chief, Air Quality 
Analysis Branch, Mailcode 3AP22, 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-
2009-0463. 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

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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 electronic docket are listed in the 
http:[sol][sol]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 
http://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 West Virginia Division of 
Air Quality, 601 57th Street, SE., Charleston, West Virginia 25304.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James B. Topsale, P.E., at (215) 814-
2190, or by e-mail at topsale.jim@epa.gov. Please note that while 
questions may be posed via phone and e-mail, formal comments must be 
submitted in writing, as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this 
document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the 
information provided in the direct final action, with the same title, 
that is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
Federal Register publication.

    Dated: July 21, 2009.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
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