[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3060-3062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1011]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0960; FRL-9254-9]
Call for Information: Information Related to the Development of
Emission-Estimating Methodologies for Animal Feeding Operations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Call for information.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is publishing this Call
for Information to solicit quality-assured emissions and process data
that are relevant to developing emissions-estimating methodologies for
animal feeding operations. EPA may use the data to supplement the
emissions and process data collected under the National Air Emission
Monitoring Study for animal feeding operations.
DATES: Information must be received on or before March 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your information, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
HQ-OAR-2010-0960, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting data.
E-mail: Send your information via electronic mail to [email protected], Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0960.
Facsimile: Fax your comments to (202) 566-1741, Attention Docket ID
Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0960.
Mail: Send your information to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0960. Please include two copies. We request that a separate copy
also be sent to the contact person identified below (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
Hand Delivery: Deliver your information to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0960.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the normal hours of operation
(8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays) and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your data and information to Docket ID Number
EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0960. EPA's policy is that all information received
will be included in the public docket and may be made available on-line
at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the submission includes information claimed to be 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 information. If you send an e-mail
directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your
e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of
the information that is placed in the public docket and made available
on the Internet. If you submit the electronic data and information, EPA
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in
the body of your information and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If
EPA cannot read your information due to technical difficulties and
cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider
your information. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters or any form of encryption, and should be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0960. 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 form. Publicly available docket materials are available
either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
EPA's Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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 EPA's Docket Center is (202)
566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Elmore, Natural Resources
and Commerce Group, Sector Policies and Programs Division, (E143-03),
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Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-5433; Facsimile number: (919) 541-3470; e-
mail address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Acronyms and Abbreviations. The following terms and acronyms are
used in this document:
AFOs Animal Feeding Operations
CAA Clean Air Act
CBI Confidential Business Information
CD ROM Compact Disc-Read Only Memory
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act
EEM Emissions-Estimating Methodology
EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
H2S Hydrogen Sulfide
lb/hr Pounds per Hour
NAEMS National Air Emission Monitoring Study
NH3 Ammonia
PM Particulate Matter
PM10 PM less than 10 micrometers in diameter
PM2.5 PM less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter
ppmv Parts per Million by Volume
TSP Total Suspended Particulate
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
Organization of This Document. The following outline is provided to
aid in locating information in this preamble.
Table of Contents
I. General Information
A. What is the purpose of this action?
B. What specific information is EPA seeking?
C. Submitting Confidential Business Information
I. General Information
A. What is the purpose of this action?
In 2005, EPA offered AFOs an opportunity to participate in a
voluntary consent agreement (70 FR 4958) referred to as the Air
Compliance Agreement. Under the Air Compliance Agreement, participating
AFOs provided, among other things, the funding for the NAEMS, a two-
year, nationwide industry-run emissions monitoring study of the
broiler, egg-layer, swine, and dairy industries. The NAEMS began in the
summer of 2007 and consisted of 25 monitoring sites located in 10
states. The study collected process and emissions data for
PM10, PM2.5, TSP, H2S, NH3,
and VOC from a representative sample of animal housing structures and
manure storage and treatment units across the country. EPA plans to use
these data to develop EEMs for AFOs, which will help AFOs determine and
comply with their regulatory responsibilities under the CAA, CERCLA,
and EPCRA. Additional information regarding the NAEMS can be found at:
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/airmonitoringstudy.html.
EPA committed in the January 2005 Federal Register notice that it
will use data generated from the NAEMS and all other available,
relevant data to develop EEMs. Through this Call for Information, EPA
is requesting that interested parties submit data that are relevant to
EPA's effort to develop EEMs.
B. What specific information is EPA seeking?
EPA is requesting emissions and process data for broiler, egg-
layer, swine, dairy, beef, and turkey AFOs. While EPA is interested in
all air pollutants emissions data from AFOs, we are specifically
seeking PM10, PM2.5, TSP, H2S,
NH3, and VOC emissions data and related process information
for animal confinement and manure storage and treatment processes.
Consistent with the Air Compliance Agreement, EPA is focusing in
the near term on developing EEMs for AFOs. However, we acknowledge the
recommendation made by the National Academy of Sciences in its December
2002 final report (``Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations:
Current Knowledge, Future Needs'') that EPA develop a process-based
modeling approach that incorporates ``mass balance'' constraints to
determine emissions from AFOs. Unfortunately, manure land application
sites, which are a necessary component for developing a process-based
approach, were not part of the NAEMS. Although our current focus is on
developing the EEMs, we envision developing a process-based modeling
approach at a later date. Thus, EPA is also requesting process and
emissions data for land application of manure.
We will review all of the information available to us. To ensure
compatibility with the NAEMS data, the emissions and related process
data provided to EPA should be accompanied, to the extent possible, by
documentation that contains detailed descriptions of the following
parameters, as applicable.
General information:
Description of AFO process measured (e.g., animal
confinement structure; manure storage and treatment unit; land
application site).
Location of AFO process measured (e.g., physical address,
latitude/longitude coordinates of facility).
Beginning and ending dates of the monitoring period.
Monitoring data:
Quality assurance and quality control plan.
Site monitoring plan.
Test methods, instrumentation, and standard operating
procedures used to collect emissions and process data measurements.
Results of audits conducted on instruments and procedures.
Field notes and associated documentation collected during
the study.
Emissions data (unanalyzed or analyzed) and associated
process data.
Meteorological data, including average ambient
temperature, relative humidity, pressure, wind speed, wind direction,
and insolation (solar radiation), for each day that the study was
conducted.
Production data (e.g., number of eggs produced per day or
quantity of milk produced per day).
Calculations and assumptions used to convert concentration
data (e.g., ppmv) into mass emissions (e.g., lb/hr).
Animal confinement structures:
Dimensions of structures monitored.
Designed and permitted animal capacity.
Type, age, number, and weight of animals contained in the
confinement structure over the duration of the monitoring period.
Manure management system (e.g., pull-plug pit, scrape).
Manure removal activities over the duration of the
monitoring period.
Ventilation method (i.e., natural or mechanical).
Calculations and assumptions used to estimate the
ventilation rate of the monitored confinement structure.
Calibration procedures for instruments (e.g., flow meters,
fan relays) used to collect data for calculating ventilation rate of
the monitored confinement structure.
Nitrogen content of process inputs and outputs (e.g.,
feed, water, bedding, eggs, milk).
Nitrogen content of manure excreted.
Description of any control device or work practice used in
the monitored structure to reduce emissions.
Manure storage and treatment processes:
Type, age, number, and weight of animals contributing
manure to the storage and treatment process over the monitoring period.
Dimensions of storage/treatment unit monitored (e.g.,
storage pile, tank, lagoon).
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Depth of settled solids in storage/treatment unit.
Temperature, pH, and reduction/oxidation potential of
manure contained in the storage/treatment unit.
Moisture, total solids, volatile solids, total Kjeldahl
nitrogen, and ammoniacal nitrogen content and pH of manure entering
storage and treatment process over the monitoring period.
Manure land application sites:
Type, age, number, and weight of animals contributing
manure to the land application site.
Method used to apply manure (e.g., direct injection,
broadcast spreading and frequency of application.
Area (e.g., acres, square feet) used for manure
application over the monitoring period.
Quantity and moisture content of manure applied.
With regard to the format of the information, we request that
emissions, process, and production data be submitted to EPA in
Microsoft[supreg] Excel[supreg] spreadsheet or Access[supreg] database
format. In cases where the emissions, process, and production data
correspond to time increments shorter than one hour, please provide
sufficient information and supporting documentation with the data to
allow EPA to develop emission estimates on a per-hour and per-day
basis. For all formats, please clearly label the units of measure of
emissions, process, and production data submitted.
C. Submitting Confidential Business Information
Do not submit information you consider to be CBI electronically
through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Send or deliver
information identified as CBI to only the following address: Mr. Larry
Elmore, c/o Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)
Document Control Officer (Room C404-02), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0960.
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. In addition to one complete version of the
information claimed as CBI, a copy of the information that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion
in the public docket. Information marked as CBI will not be disclosed
except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
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.
Dated: December 14, 2010.
Gina McCarthy,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
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