Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction On or Before June 4, 2010 and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since August 7, 2013

<RULE> ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <CFR>40 CFR Part 62</CFR> <DEPDOC>[EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0664; FRL-5960-02-OAR]</DEPDOC> <RIN>RIN 2060-AT28</RIN> <SUBJECT>Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction On or Before June 4, 2010 and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since August 7, 2013</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Final rule. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> This action finalizes the Federal plan for existing commercial and industrial solid waste incineration units (CISWI). This final action implements the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) emission guidelines adopted on February 7, 2013, as amended on June 23, 2016, and on April 16, 2019, in states that do not have an approved state plan implementing the emission guidelines in place by the effective date of this Federal plan. The implementation of the emission guidelines will result in emissions reductions of the regulated pollutants including cadmium, hydrogen chloride, lead, mercury, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide from the affected CISWI. This final action is also revising the definition of “small, remote incinerator” to reflect new statutory prohibitions on the implementation of CISWI standards to units in the State of Alaska. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> This final rule is effective January 10, 2025. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the regulation is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of January 10, 2025. </DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> The EPA has established a docket for this rulemaking under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0664. All documents in the docket are listed on the <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov/</E> website. Although listed, some information is not publicly available, <E T="03">e.g.,</E> Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically through <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov/.</E> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Dr. Felica Davis, Sector Policies and Programs Division (E14305), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12055, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-4857; and email address: <E T="03">davis.felica@epa.gov.</E> </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <E T="03">Preamble acronyms and abbreviations.</E> Throughout this document the use of “we,” “us,” or “our” is intended to refer to the EPA. We use multiple acronyms and terms in this preamble. While this list may not be exhaustive, to ease the reading of this preamble and for reference purposes, the EPA defines the following terms and acronyms here: <EXTRACT> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">AG Attorney General</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CAA Clean Air Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CBI Confidential business information</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">Cd Cadmium</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CFR Code of Federal Regulations</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CISWI Commercial and industrial solid waste incineration units</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CMS Continuous monitoring system</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">CO Carbon monoxide</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">EG Emission Guidelines</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">ERU Energy recovery unit</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">FF Fabric filter</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">HAP Hazardous air pollutants</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">HCl Hydrogen chloride</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">Hg Mercury</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">IBR Incorporation by reference</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">ICR Information collection request</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">mg/dscm Milligrams per dry standard cubic meter</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NAICS North American Industrial Classification System</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NESHAP National emission standards for hazardous air pollutants</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">ng/dscm Nanograms per dry standard cubic meter</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NOX Nitrogen oxides</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NSPS New source performance standards</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NTTAA National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">OAQPS Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">Pb Lead</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">PCB hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">PM Particulate matter (filterable, unless otherwise specified)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">PM2.5 Particulate matter (diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">PM CPMS Particulate matter Continuous Parameter Monitoring System</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">ppmv Parts per million by volume</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">RIN Regulatory Information Number</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">SRI Small, remote incinerators</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">SO2 Sulfur dioxide</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">the Court United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">tpy Tons per year</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">U.S.C. United States Code</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">VCS Voluntary consensus standards</FP> </EXTRACT> <E T="03">Organization of this document.</E> The information in this preamble is organized as follows: <EXTRACT> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">I. General Information</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Does the action apply to me?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. What action is the EPA taking?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. How do I obtain a copy of this document and other related information?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. Judicial Review</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">E. What are the incremental costs and benefits of this action?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">II. Background Information</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. What is the statutory authority for this action?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. What is the purpose of this action?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. What is the status of state plan submittals?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">III. Summary of Changes Since Proposal and Response to Comments</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">IV. Summary of Final CISWI Federal Plan Requirements</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. What are the final applicability requirements?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. What are the final compliance schedules?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. What emissions and operating limits is the EPA incorporating into the final Federal plan?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. What are the final performance testing and monitoring requirements?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">E. What are the final recordkeeping and reporting requirements?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">F. What are the other final requirements?</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">V. CISWI That Have or Will Shut Down</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Units That Plan To Close</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Inoperable Units</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. CISWI That Have Shut Down</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">VI. Implementation of the Federal Plan and Delegation</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Background of Authority</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Mechanisms for Transferring Authority</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. Implementing Authority</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. Delegation of the Federal Plan and Retained Authorities</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">VII. Title V Operating Permits</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">Title V and Delegation of a Federal Plan</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-2">VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive Order 14094: Modernizing Regulatory Review</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) and 1 CFR Part 51</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations and Executive Order 14096: Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP1-2">K. Congressional Review Act (CRA)</FP> </EXTRACT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">I. General Information</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD2">A. Does the action apply to me?</HD> <E T="03">Regulated entities.</E> Owners or operators of existing CISWI that are subject to the existing Federal plan implementing the December 1, 2000, emission guidelines (EG), and units not already subject to an EPA-approved and effective state plan implementing the February 7, 2013, EG (and subsequent 2016 and 2019 amendments made to the EG), may be regulated by this final action. Existing CISWI are those that commenced construction on or before June 4, 2010, or that commenced modification or reconstruction after June 4, 2010, but no later than August 7, 2013. Regulated categories and entities include those that operate CISWI. Although there is no specific North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for CISWI, these units may be operated by the categories of sources listed in table 1 of this preamble. <GPOTABLE COLS="3" OPTS="L2,i1" CDEF="s100,20,r100"> <TTITLE>Table 1—Examples of Potentially Regulated Entities< ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 327k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━