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The EPA is taking direct final action to amend the National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings final rule, which is a rule that establishes national reactivity-based emission standards for the aerosol coatings category (aerosol spray paints) under the Clean Air Act, published elsewhere in the Federal Register. This direct final action adds three compounds: dimethyl carbonate, benzotrifluoride and hexamethyldisiloxane, and their associated reactivity factors to the aerosol coatings reactivity rule's table of reactivity factors based on petitions received from regulated entities. This action also revises two tables in the final rule, and corrects a typographical error in a test method reference.
Mail: U.S. Postal Service, send comment to: EPA Docket Center (6102T), Air and Radiation Docket, National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings, 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), Air and Radiation Docket, National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings, Public Reading Room, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
For information concerning the aerosol coatings reactivity rule, contact Ms. J. Kaye Whitfield, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division, Minerals and Manufacturing Group (D243-02), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-2509, fax number (919) 541-5450, email address: whitfield.kaye@epa.gov. For information concerning the Clean Air Act section 183(e) consumer and commercial products program, contact Ms. Kim Teal, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division, Minerals and Manufacturing Group (D243-04), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-5580, fax number (919) 541-5450, email address: teal.kim@epa.gov.
The EPA is publishing this direct final rule without a prior proposed rule because we view this as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no adverse comment. Section 59.511(j) of the final rule states that if a regulated entity identifies a VOC that is needed for an aerosol formulation that is not listed in Tables 2A, 2B, or 2C, it is assigned a default reactivity factor (RF) of 22.04/Z g O3/g VOC. However, regulated entities may petition the Agency to add a compound to Table 2A, 2B, or 2C provided that the petitions include the chemical name, CAS number, a statement certifying the intent to use the compound in an aerosol coatings product, and adequate information to evaluate the reactivity of the compound and assign a RF value consistent with the values for the other compounds listed in Table 2A. Since publication of the final rule (73 FR 15604, March 24, 2008), compounds have been added to Table 2A following the same procedure (74 FR 29595, June 23, 2009). The amendments to the aerosol coatings final rule described herein consist of adding three compounds to Table 2A, and their associated RFs and Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) numbers, based on petitions received by the Agency and consistent with Section 59.511(j) of the final rule. The amendments do not make material changes to the rule. This action also revises Table 1 of the final rule by moving the units from the table heading to the reactivity limits column, revises Tables 2A, 2B, and 2C by assigning units to the reactivity factor column, and corrects a typographical error in a test method reference. However, in the “Proposed Rules” section of this Federal Register, we are publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposed rule to the National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings (40 CFR part 59) if adverse comments are received on this direct final rule. We will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. For further information about commenting on this rule, see the ADDRESSES section of this document.
If the EPA receives adverse comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that some or all of the amendments in this direct final rule will not take effect. We would address all public comments in any subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule.
The entities potentially affected by this direct final rule are the same entities that are subject to the aerosol coatings final rule. The entities affected by the aerosol coatings final rule include: Manufacturers, processors, distributors or importers of aerosol coatings for sale or distribution in the United States, and manufacturers, processors, distributors or importers who supply the entities listed above with aerosol coatings for sale or distribution in interstate commerce in the United States.
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This direct final rule adds three compounds to Table 2A—Reactivity Factors: dimethyl carbonate, benzotrifluoride, hexamethyldisiloxane, and their corresponding CAS numbers and RFs (see Table A). This action is in accordance with Section 59.511(j) of the final rule which allows regulated entities to petition the Agency to add compounds to Table 2A, 2B, or 2C provided that the petition includes the chemical name, CAS number, a statement certifying the intent to use the compound in an aerosol coatings product, and adequate information to evaluate the reactivity of the compound and assign a RF value consistent with the values for the other compounds listed in Table 2A (73 FR 15604, March 24, 2008; 74 FR 29595, June 23, 2009). EPA received petitions from KOWA America, Raymond Regulatory Resources, Seymour of Sycamore, and 3M, requesting the addition of the three compounds to Table 2A.
This action also revises Table 1 of the final rule by moving the units, expressed as grams of ozone per gram of product (g O3/g product), from the table heading to the column titled, “Reactivity Limit”; revises Tables 2A, 2B, and 2C by adding units, expressed as grams of ozone per gram of VOC (g O3/g VOC), to the column titled, “Reactivity Factors”; and corrects a test method typographical error by replacing the phrase “California Air Resources Board Method 3-0” in 40 CFR 59.515(a)(1) with “California Air Resources Board Method 310.”
Table A—Compounds Added to Table of Reactivity Factors
Reactivity factor (g O3/g VOC)
As is the case for the other compounds in Table 2A, the RFs assigned to the three compounds are consistent with the maximum incremental reactivity (MIR) values in California's aerosol coatings regulation (Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Division 3, Chapter 1, Subchapter 8.6, Article 1, § 94700).
In the instance of benzotrifluoride and dimethyl carbonate, their RFs were previously published in the EPA's original proposal for this rule; therefore, the information on their reactivity had been adequately evaluated and RFs assigned (72 FR 38592, July 16, 2007). When the rule was finalized, only those compounds known to EPA to be used in aerosol coating formulations were included in Table 2A (73 FR 15604, March 24, 2008). At the time the original rule was finalized, EPA did not know of any aerosol coating formulations in which benzotrifluoride and dimethyl carbonate were used, so their RFs were not included in Table 2A. The RFs for benzotrifluoride and dimethyl carbonate are consistent with the California MIR values that have been effective since July 18, 2001.
For hexamethyldisiloxane, an RF value was not included in the original proposal for this rule. California assigned an MIR value of zero to hexamethyldisiloxane, effective October 2, 2010. The most recent MIR values published by Dr. William Carter at the University of California at Riverside, upon which the California MIR values are based, lists the MIR for hexamethyldisiloxane as −0.025 g O3/g VOC (see http://www.cert.ucr.edu/~carter/SAPRC/scales07.xls). This MIR value indicates that hexamethyldisiloxane acts as a slight inhibitor to ozone formation. Based on this information, the EPA believes that a RF of zero is appropriate for the purposes of this regulation.
Comments on this direct final action are to be limited to issues directly associated with adding these three compounds, and their associated RFs to Table 2A.
This action is not a “significant regulatory action” under the terms of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735 October 4, 1993) and is, therefore, not subject to review under Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011).
For purposes of assessing the impacts of this final rule on small entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A small business as defined by the Small Business Administration's regulations at 13 CFR 121.201; (2) a governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county, town, school district or special district with a population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field.
We have, therefore, concluded that this final rule will relieve regulatory burden for all affected small entities.
This rule does not contain a federal mandate that may result in expenditures of $100 million or more for state, local and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or the private sector in any one year. Thus, this rule is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 or 205 of UMRA.
This rule is also not subject to the requirements of section 203 of UMRA because it contains no regulatory requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect small governments. In this action, the EPA is amending Table 2A by adding three compounds and their associated reactivity factors, and making several clarifying edits.
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132. This action adds compounds and corresponding Chemical Abstract Service numbers and reactivity factors to Table 2A of the aerosol coatings rule, and makes several clarifying edits. Thus, Executive Order 13132 does not apply to this action.
This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This action adds compounds and corresponding Chemical Abstract Service numbers and reactivity factors to Table 2A of the aerosol coatings rule, and makes several clarifying edits. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this action.
Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104-113, 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) directs the EPA to use voluntary consensus standards in its regulatory activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, sampling procedures and business practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies. NTTAA directs the EPA to provide Congress, through OMB, explanations when the agency decides not to use available and applicable voluntary consensus standards.
The EPA has determined that this final rule will not have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not affect the level of protection provided to human health or the environment. Further, this action adds compounds to Table 2 of the aerosol coatings rule, and corresponding Chemical Abstract Service numbers and reactivity factors, and makes several clarifying edits.
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A Major rule cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. This action is not a “major rule” as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This rule will be effective June 7, 2012.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, part 59 of title 40, Chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
2. Section 59.515 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as follows:
§ 59.515
(1) California Air Resources Board Method 310—Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in Consumer Products and Reactive Organic Compounds in Aerosol Coating Products (May 5, 2005), IBR approved for § 59.508.
3. Table 1 to Subpart E of Part 59 is revised to read as follows:
Category code a
Reactivity limit (g O3/g product)
a Regulated entities may use these category codes or define their own in accordance with § 59.511(b)(6).
4. Table 2A to Subpart E of Part 59 is revised to read as follows:
5. Table 2B to Subpart E of Part 59 is revised to read as follows:
Average boiling point* (degrees F)
* Average Boiling Point = (Initial Boiling Point + Dry Point)/2(b) Aromatic Hydrocarbon Solvents
6. Table 2C to Subpart E of Part 59 is revised to read as follows:
Boiling range (degrees F)
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