Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/11/15/00-29217/approval-and-promulgation-of-state-plans-for-designated-facilities-and-pollutants-florida
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Federal Register :: Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Florida
Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Florida
A Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 11/15/2000
This direct final rule is effective on January 16, 2001, without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by December 15, 2000. If EPA receives adverse comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take effect.
65 FR 68905
68905-68908 (4 pages)
FL-86-200028(a)
FRL-6902-4
00-29217
Why Are We Requiring Florida To Submit a HMIWI State Plan?
III. What Does the Florida State Plan Contain?
VI. Why Is the Florida HMIWI State Plan Approvable?
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the section 111(d) Plan submitted by the Florida Start Printed Page 68906Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the State of Florida on September 16, 1999, to implement and enforce the Emissions Guidelines (EG) for existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator (HMIWI) units.
You should address comments on this action to Joey LeVasseur, EPA Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104. Copies of all materials considered in this rulemaking may be examined during normal business hours at the following locations: EPA Region 4, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104; and at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Air Resources Management Division, Twin Towers Office Building, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400.
Joey LeVasseur at (404) 562-9035 or Scott Davis at (404) 562-9127.
We are approving the Florida State Plan, as submitted on September 16, 1999, for the control of air emissions from HMIWIs, except for those HMIWIs located in Indian Country. When EPA developed our New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for HMIWIs, we also developed EG to control air emissions from older HMIWIs. (See 62 FR 48348-48391, September 15, 1997, 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce [Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for HMIWIs] and subpart Ec [Standards of Performance for HMIWIs for Which Construction is Commenced After June 20, 1996]). The Florida DEP developed a State Plan, as required by sections 111(d) and 129 of the Clean Air Act (the Act), to adopt the EG into their body of regulations, and we are acting today to approve it.
We are publishing this action without prior proposal because we view this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipate no adverse comments. However, in a separate document in this Federal Register publication, we are proposing to approve the revision should significant, material, and adverse comments be filed. This action is effective January 16, 2001, unless by December 15, 2000, adverse or critical comments are received. If we receive such comments, this action will be withdrawn before the effective date by publishing a subsequent notice that will withdraw the final action. All public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this action serving as a proposed rule. We will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. If no such comments are received, this action is effective January 16, 2001.
Under section 129, EPA is required to promulgate EG for several types of existing solid waste incinerators. These EG establish the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards that States must adopt to comply with the Act. The HMIWI EG also establishes requirements for monitoring, operator training, permits, and a waste management plan that must be included in State Plans.
The Florida DEP adopted the Federal NSPS and EG by reference into the Florida Administrative Code, Rules 62-Start Printed Page 68907204.800(7)(b) and 62-204.800(8)(d). The State rules were effective on September 1, 1999. The Florida State Plan contains:
1. A demonstration of the State's legal authority to implement the section 111(d) State Plan;
2. State rule, Rule 62-204.800(8)(d), as the enforceable mechanism;
3. An inventory of approximately 32 known designated facilities, along with estimates of their potential air emissions;
5. A compliance date of one year from the effective date of this State Plan approval;
You must meet the requirements listed in the Florida Administrative Code, Rule 62-204.800(8)(d), summarized as follows:
2. Each size category of HMIWI has certain emission limits established which your incinerator must meet. See Table 1 of 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce, to determine the specific emission limits which apply to you. The emission limits apply at all times, except during startup, shutdown, or malfunctions, provided that no waste has been charged during these events. (40 CFR 60.33e, as listed at 62 FR 48382, September 15, 1997).
3. There are provisions to address small rural incinerators (40 CFR 60.33e(b), 60.36e, 60.37e(c)(d), and 60.38e(b), as listed at 62 FR 48380, September 15, 1997).
4. You must meet a 10% opacity limit on your discharge, averaged over a six-minute block. (40 CFR 60.33e(c), as listed at 62 FR 48380, September 15, 1997).
5. You must have a qualified HMIWI operator available to supervise the operation of your incinerator. This operator must be trained and qualified through a State-approved program, or a training program that meets the requirements listed under 40 CFR part 60.53c(c). (40 CFR 60.34e, as listed at 62 FR 48380).
6. Your operator must be certified, as discussed in 5 above, no later than one year after EPA approval of this Florida State Plan. (40 CFR 60.39e(e), as listed at 62 FR 48382).
7. You must develop and submit to Florida DEP a waste management plan. This plan must be developed under guidance provided by the American Hospital Association publication, An Ounce of Prevention: Waste Reduction Strategies for Health Care Facilities, 1993, and must be submitted to Florida DEP no later than 60 days following the initial performance test for the affected unit. (40 CFR 60.35e, as listed at 62 FR 48380).
8. You must conduct an initial performance test to determine your incinerators compliance with these emission limits. This performance test must be completed as required under 40 CFR 60.8.
9. You must install and maintain devices to monitor the parameters listed under Table 3 to Subpart Ec (40 CFR 60.37e(c), as listed at 62 FR 48381).
10. You must document and maintain information concerning pollutant concentrations, opacity measurements, charge rates, and other operational data. This information must be maintained for a period of five years. (40 CFR 60.38e, as listed at 62 FR 48381).
11. You must submit an annual report to Florida DEM containing records of annual equipment inspections, any required maintenance, and unscheduled repairs. This annual report must be signed by the facilities manager. (40 CFR 60.38e, as listed at 62 FR 48381).
EPA compared the Florida rules (Florida Administrative Code, Rule 62-204.800(8)(d) against our HMIWI EG. EPA finds the Florida rules to be at least as protective as the EG. The Florida State Plan was reviewed for approval against the following criteria: 40 CFR 60.23 through 60.26, Subpart B—Adoption and Submittal of State Plans for Designated Facilities; and, 40 CFR 60, 60.30e through 60.39e, Subpart Ce—Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators. The Florida State Plan satisfies the requirements for an approvable section 111(d) plan under subparts B and Ce of 40 CFR part 60. For these reasons, we are approving the Florida HMIWI State Plan.
In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the absence of a prior existing requirement for the State to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority to disapprove a SIP submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be inconsistent with applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission, to use VCS in place of a SIP submission that otherwise satisfies the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not apply. As required by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61 FR 4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing this rule, EPA has taken the necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, and provide a clear legal standard for affected conduct. EPA has complied with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR Start Printed Page 689088859, March 15, 1988) by examining the takings implications of the rule in accordance with the “Attorney General's Supplemental Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of Unanticipated Takings” issued under the executive order. This rule does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by January 16, 2001. Filing a petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
2. Section 62.2350 is amended by adding paragraphs (b)(7) and (c)(5) to read as follows:
§ 62.2350
(7) State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Section 111(d) State Plan for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators, submitted on September 16, 1999, by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
3. Subpart K is amended by adding a new § 62.2370 and a new undesignated center heading to read as follows:
§ 62.2370
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