National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:

Halogenated Solvent Cleaning

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: Due to receipt of adverse comments, EPA is withdrawing an

August 19, 1999 direct final rule (64 FR 45187) which would have

amended the ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:

Halogenated Solvent Cleaning.'' The direct final rule would have

provided additional compliance options for continuous web cleaning

machines, as well as clarifications that apply to steam-heated vapor

cleaning machines and to cleaning machines used to clean transformers.

DATES: As of October 18, 1999, EPA withdraws the direct final rule

published at 64 FR 45187 on August 19, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Docket A-92-39 containing information pertaining to this

rulemaking is available for public inspection and copying between 8 a.m

and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The docket is

located in the EPA's Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center,

Room M-1500, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, or by calling

(202) 260-7548. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying docket

materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Almodovar, Coatings and

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

Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, telephone number (919) 541-0283. Electronic mail address is

[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 19, 1999 EPA published a direct

final rule (64 FR 45187) to amend the ``National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning.'' This

amendment would provide additional compliance options for continuous

web cleaning machines, as well as clarifications that apply to steam-

heated vapor cleaning machines and to cleaning machines used to clean

transformers.

The EPA stated in the direct final rule that if relevant adverse

comments were

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received by September 20, 1999, the EPA would publish a notice

withdrawing the direct final rule before its effective date of October

18, 1999. The EPA received adverse comments on the direct final rule

from two commenters on September 20, 1999 and is, therefore,

withdrawing the direct final rule. The EPA will address these comments

in a final rule addressing additional compliance options for continuous

web cleaning machines before December 2, 1999, the date on which the

compliance extension for these types of machines expires.

Dated: October 13, 1999.

Robert D. Brenner,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 99-27189 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]

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