Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Colorado; Delegation of Authority of the Federal Plan for Existing Hospital, Medical, Infectious Waste Incinerators
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the "Agency") is proposing approval of a request submitted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) on June 27, 2022 for delegation of authority to implement and enforce Federal Plan Requirements for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI) Constructed On or Before December 1, 2008 (the Federal Plan), within the state of Colorado. The Federal Plan establishes emission limits and monitoring, operating, and recordkeeping requirements for HMIWI units constructed on or before December 1, 2008, or modified on or before April 6, 2010. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed on July 21, 2022 by the CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division Director, Michael Ogletree. This MOA constitutes the mechanism for the transfer of authority from the EPA to CDPHE. The MOA became effective upon signature by Regional Administrator, KC Becker, on August 8, 2022. The MOA delineates policies, responsibilities, and procedures by which the Federal plan will be administered and enforced by the CDPHE, as well as the authorities retained by EPA. The MOA and the request letter are included in the docket for this action. Accordingly, EPA is proposing to approve CDPHE's submittal in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2564-2565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00410]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 62
[EPA-R08-OAR-2022-0929; FRL-10462-01-R8]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Colorado;
Delegation of Authority of the Federal Plan for Existing Hospital,
Medical, Infectious Waste Incinerators
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the ``Agency'') is
proposing approval of a request submitted by the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) on June 27, 2022 for delegation
of authority to implement and enforce Federal Plan Requirements for
Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI) Constructed On
or Before December 1, 2008 (the Federal Plan), within the state of
Colorado. The Federal Plan establishes emission limits and monitoring,
operating, and recordkeeping requirements for HMIWI units constructed
on or before December 1, 2008, or modified on or before April 6, 2010.
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed on July 21, 2022 by the
CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division Director, Michael Ogletree. This
MOA constitutes the mechanism for the transfer of authority from the
EPA to CDPHE. The MOA became effective upon signature by Regional
Administrator, KC Becker, on August 8, 2022. The MOA delineates
policies, responsibilities, and procedures by which the Federal plan
will be administered and enforced by the CDPHE, as well as the
authorities retained by EPA. The MOA and the request letter are
included in the docket for this action. Accordingly, EPA is proposing
to approve CDPHE's submittal in accordance with the Clean Air Act
(CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 16,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OAR-2022-0929, to the Federal Rulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. EPA may publish any comment received to its public
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio,
video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written
comment is considered the official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not
consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance
on making effective comments, please visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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.
Publicly available docket materials are available electronically in
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, for
this action we do not plan to offer hard copy review of the docket.
Please email or call the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section if you need to make alternative arrangements for access
to the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Reibach, Air and Radiation
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail
Code 8P-ARD-ATRM, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129,
telephone number: (303) 312-6949, email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2654434f4447454e08474a4a4f5549486643564708414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8aabdb1bab9bbb0f6b9b4b4b1abb7b698bda8b9f6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' means EPA. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register,
EPA is approving this action as a direct final rule without prior
proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal
and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no relevant adverse
comments are received in response to this proposed rule, no
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further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives such comments, the
direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received
will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed
rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties
interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. For
additional information, see the direct final rule which is located in
the Final Rules section of this Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Waste treatment
and disposal.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: January 5, 2023.
KC Becker,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2023-00410 Filed 1-13-23; 8:45 am]
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