[Federal Register: November 8, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 216)]
[Proposed Rules]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0146; FRL-8493-6]
RIN 2060-AO55
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From
Petroleum Refineries
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearing and reopening of public
comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that there will be a public hearing
regarding the proposed rule on the National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants from Petroleum Refineries, published September
4, 2007. The public hearing will be held on November 27, 2007 in
Houston, Texas. EPA is also announcing that the comment period is being
reopened until December 28, 2007. In addition, we note that additional
material has been added to the docket since the proposed rule was
published.
DATES: Comments. EPA is reopening the comment period on the proposed
rule published on September 4, 2007 (72 FR 50716). Comments must be
received on or before December 28, 2007.
Public Hearing. A public hearing on the proposed amendments
published on September 4, 2007 (72 FR 50716) will be held on November
27, 2007, at the Hartman Park Community Center, 9311 Avenue P, Houston,
Texas 77012. The public hearing will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. You must
register to speak on or before November 21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0146 (for petroleum refineries), 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) 566-9744.
Mail: U.S. Postal Service, send comments to: National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Petroleum
Refineries: Residual Risk Standards Docket, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mailcode:
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please
include a total of two copies. We request that a separate copy also be
sent to the contact person identified below (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
Hand Delivery: In person or by courier, deliver comments
to: EPA Docket and Information Center, Public Reading Room, EPA West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0146. 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 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 docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Please note that additional information has been posted to the docket
since the comment period started.
Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Petroleum
Refineries: Residual Risk Standards Docket, Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to speak at the
public hearing or have questions concerning the public hearing, please
contact Mrs. Debra Lee at the address given below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Questions concerning the proposed rule should be addressed to Mr.
Robert Lucas, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector
Policies and Programs Division, Coatings and Chemicals Group (E143-01),
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, telephone number: (919) 541-0884; fax number: (919) 541-0246; e-
mail address: lucas.bob@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Hearing
The public hearing will provide interested parties the opportunity
to present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposed rules. The
EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations, but
will not respond to the presentations at that time. Written statements
and supporting information submitted during the comment period will be
considered with the same weight as any oral comments and supporting
information presented at the public hearings. Written comments must be
postmarked by the last day of the comment period, December 28, 2007.
The public hearing will be held at the Hartman Park Community
Center, 9311 Avenue P, Houston, Texas 77012. The public hearing will
begin at 9 a.m. and continue into the evening until 9 p.m. (local time)
or later, if necessary, depending on the number of speakers wishing to
participate. EPA is scheduling lunch breaks from 12:30 p.m. until 2
p.m. and dinner breaks from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
If you would like to present oral testimony at the hearings, please
notify Mrs. Debra Lee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (D205-02),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, e-mail (preferred method for
registering): lee.debra@epa.gov; telephone: (919) 541-0860. She will
arrange a general time slot for you to speak. EPA will make every
effort to follow the schedule as closely as possible on the day of the
hearings; however, please plan for the hearing to run either ahead of
schedule or behind schedule. Please note that
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registration closes at 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday November 21, 2007.
Oral testimony will be limited to 5 minutes for each commenter to
address the proposal. We will not be providing equipment for commenters
to show overhead slides or make computerized slide presentations unless
we receive special requests in advance. Commenters should notify Mrs.
Lee if they will need specific audiovisual equipment. Commenters should
also notify Mrs. Lee if they need specific translation services for
non-English speaking commenters. EPA encourages commenters to provide
written versions of their oral testimonies either electronically on
computer disk or CD ROM or in paper copy.
The hearing schedule, including a list of speakers, will be posted
on EPA's Web site for the proposal at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/petrefine/petrefpg.html
prior to the hearing. Verbatim transcripts of
the hearings and written statements will be included in the rulemaking
dockets.
Comment Period
Written statements and supporting information submitted during the
comment period will be considered with the same weight as any oral
comments and supporting information presented at the public hearing. To
allow for adequate time for comment after the public hearing, the
public comment period will now end on December 28, 2007.
How can I get copies of the proposed rule and other related
information?
The proposed rule for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants from Petroleum Refineries was published September 4,
2007 (72 FR 50716). EPA has established the public docket for the
proposed rulemaking under docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0146. We note
that, since the proposed rule was published, additional materials have
been added to the docket. Information on how to access the docket is
presented above in the ADDRESSES section.
Dated: November 2, 2007.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
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