Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0049-0092
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed After 10/21/74 and On or Before 8/17/83; Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Constructed After 8/17/83; Extension of Comment Period; Correction
Posted Date: 2022-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 49796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17365]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0049; FRL-8150-04-OAR]
RIN 2060-AU96

Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces 
Constructed After 10/21/74 & On or Before 8/17/83; Standards of 
Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces & Argon-Oxygen 
Decarburization Constructed After 8/17/83; Extension of Comment Period; 
Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a 
document in the Federal Register of July 13, 2022, extending the 
comment period for the Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: 
Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed After 10/21/74 & On or Before 8/17/
83; Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces & 
Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Constructed After 8/17/83 proposed rule; 
amendments action. The document contained incorrect dates.

DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the 
Federal Register on May 16, 2022 (87 FR 29710), originally ending July 
15, 2022, is being extended by 31 days. Written comments must be 
received on or before August 15, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this action, 
contact Donna Lee Jones, Metals and Inorganic Chemicals Group, Sector 
Policies and Programs Division (D243-02), Environmental Protection 
Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: 
(919) 541-5251 fax number: (919) 541-3207 email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction

    In the Federal Register of July 13, 2022, in FR Doc. 2022-14897, on 
page 41639, the following corrections are made:
    1. On page 41639, in the second column, correct the SUMMARY to 
read: SUMMARY: On May 16, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) proposed a rule titled ``Standards of Performance for 
Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed After 10/21/74 & On or 
Before 8/17/83; Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc 
Furnaces & Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Constructed After 8/17/83.'' 
The EPA is extending the comment period on this proposed rule that 
currently closes on July 15, 2022, by 31 days. The comment period will 
now remain open until August 15, 2022, to allow additional time for 
stakeholders to review and comment on the proposal.
    2. On page 41639, in the second column, correct the DATES caption 
to read: DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule 
published in the Federal Register on May 16, 2022 (87 FR 29710), 
originally ending July 15, 2022, is being extended by 31 days. Written 
comments must be received on or before August 15, 2022.
    3. On page 41639, in the third column, in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION caption, correct the ``Rationale'' to read: SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION:
    Rationale. Based on consideration of requests received from 
environmental organizations (GASP (AL), GASP (PA), Fairfield 
Environmental Justice Alliance, and California Communities Against 
Toxics) and industry (Steel Manufacturers Association, American Iron 
and Steel Institute, and Specialty Steel Industry of North America), 
the EPA is extending the public comment period for an additional 31 
days. Therefore, the public comment period will end on August 15, 2022.

Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policies and Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-17365 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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