National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: National Emission Standards for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations

SUMMARY: The EPA is taking direct final action to amend the national

emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for off-site

waste and recovery operations (OSWRO) that the EPA promulgated on July

1, 1996, under authority of section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The

rule applies to owners and operators of facilities that are major

sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and manage certain wastes,

used oil, or used solvents received from off-site locations. We are

proposing to amend specific provisions in the rule to resolve issues

and questions raised after promulgation of the final rule; correct

technical omissions; update specific requirements to be consistent with

recent decisions made by the Agency for other related air rules; and

correct typographical, printing, and grammatical errors.

In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register

publication, we are amending the OSWRO NESHAP as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because we view the amendments as

noncontroversial and anticipate no adverse comment. We have explained

our reasons for the amendments in the preamble to the direct final

rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action

on this proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment, we will withdraw

the direct final rule and it will not take effect. We will address the

comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. We will

not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties

interested in commenting must do so at this time.

DATES: Comments. Written comments must be received by August 19, 1999.

Additionally, a public hearing regarding the proposed amendments will

be held if anyone requesting to speak contacts the EPA by August 10,

1999. If a hearing is requested, the hearing will be held on August 19,

1999 beginning at 10:00 a.m., and the record on the hearing will remain

open for 30 days after the hearing date to provide an opportunity for

submittal of rebuttal and additional information.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Written comments (in duplicate, if possible)

should be submitted to Docket No. A-92-16 at the following address:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (6102), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. We

request that a separate copy of the comments also be sent to the

contact person listed below.

Comments on this action also may be submitted electronically to the

EPA's Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center at: ``A-and-R-

D[email protected].'' Electronic comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of

encryption. Comments and data will also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect in 6.1 file format or ASCII file format. All comments and

data in electronic form must be identified by the docket number (A-92-

16). No CBI should be submitted through electronic mail. Electronic

comments may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.

Public Hearing. If a public hearing is requested by the required

date (see DATES section in this notice), the public hearing will be

held at the EPA Office of Administration Auditorium, Research Triangle

Park, NC. Persons interested in presenting oral testimony or inquiring

as to whether a hearing is to be held should contact Ms. JoLynn

Collins, Waste and Chemical Processes Group, Emission Standards

Division (MD-13), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research

Triangle Park, NC, 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5671.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elaine Manning, Waste and Chemical

Processes Group, Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711,

telephone number (919) 541-5499, facsimile number (919) 541-0246,

electronic mail address ``[email protected]''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document concerns proposed amendments

to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for

Off-site Waste and Recovery Operations. For further information, please

see the information provided in the direct final action that is located

in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register

publication.

Dated: July 7, 1999.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 99-17944 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]

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