Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0699-0049
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry; Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries
Posted Date: 2007-01-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 8, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 4)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 724-725]
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-2006-0699; FRL-8266-9]
RIN 2060-AN71

 
Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in the 
Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry; Standards of 
Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the comment period on the proposed rule 
amendments for the Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC 
in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry; Standards of 
Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries, 
published on November 7, 2006, is being extended until February 8, 
2007.

DATES: Comments. Comments on the proposed amendments published on 
November 7, 2006 (71 FR 65302) must be received on or before February 
8, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0699, 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.
     Fax: (202) 566-1741.
     Mail: U.S. Postal Service, send comments to: Air and 
Radiation Docket (6102T), Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0699, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of two copies. In 
addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the information 
collection provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for 
EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: In person or by courier, deliver comments 
to: Air and Radiation Docket (6102T), EPA West, Room B-102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., 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-
2006-0699. The 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 website 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

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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 Federal 
Docket Management System index at http://www.regulations.gov. 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 
through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation 

Docket, EPA West, Room B-102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC. The 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 
Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.

    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the 
Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's Federal 
Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at 
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on docket 

operations, locations, and telephone numbers. The Docket Center's 
mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure for submitting 
comments to http://www.regulations.gov are not affected by the flooding and 

will remain the same.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karen Rackley, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division, 
Coatings and Chemicals Group (E143-01), Environmental Protection 
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number (919) 541-
0634; fax number (919) 541-0246; e-mail address: rackley.karen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Regulated Entities. Categories and entities potentially regulated 
by this action include:

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                                                        Examples of
           Category                NAICS * Code    potentially regulated
                                                          entities
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Industry......................  32411............  Petroleum refiners.
                                Primarily 325110,  Synthetic organic
                                 325192, 325193,    chemicals
                                 and 325199.        manufacturing
                                                    industry (SOCMI)
                                                    units, e.g.,
                                                    producers of
                                                    benzene, toluene, or
                                                    any other chemical
                                                    listed in 40 CFR
                                                    60.489.
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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 regulated by this 
action. To determine whether your facility is regulated by this action, 
you should examine the applicability criteria in 40 CFR 60.480 and 40 
CFR 60.590. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of 
the proposed amendments to a particular entity, contact the person 
listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Submitting CBI. Do not submit information that you consider to be 
CBI electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Send or 

deliver information identified as CBI only to the following address: 
Roberto Morales, OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404-02), U.S. EPA, 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, 
NC 27711, Attention Docket ID EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0699. Clearly mark the 
part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 
information in 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. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 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.
    If you have any questions about CBI or the procedures for claiming 
CBI, please consult the person identified in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section. Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition to being 
available in the docket, an electronic copy of the proposed amendments 
is available on the WWW through the Technology Transfer Network (TTN). 
Following signature, a copy of the proposed amendments will be posted 
on the TTN's 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 several requests to extend the public comment period to 
February 8, 2007. We agreed to this request, therefore, the public 
comment period will now end on February 8, 2007, rather than January 8, 
2007.

How can I get copies of the proposed amendments and other related 
information?

    The proposed rule amendments for the Standards of Performance for 
Equipment Leaks of VOC in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing 
Industry; Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in 
Petroleum Refineries, published on November 7, 2006 (71 FR 65302). EPA 
has established the official public docket for the proposed rulemaking 
under docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0699. Information on how to access 
the docket is presented above in the ADDRESSES section.

    Dated: January 3, 2007.
William L. Wehrum,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. E7-20 Filed 1-5-07; 8:45 am]

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