Rule2026-05567
Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Single Source VOC RACT Order for Hutchinson Sealing Systems
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Published
March 23, 2026
Effective
April 22, 2026
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New Hampshire. This revision approves of a revised reasonably available control technology (RACT) order for Hutchinson Sealing Systems, located in Newfields, New Hampshire. This action is being taken in accordance with the Clean Air Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13771-13773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05567]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2025-1741; FRL- 13115-02-R1]
Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Single Source VOC RACT Order
for Hutchinson Sealing Systems
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New
Hampshire. This revision approves of a revised reasonably available
control technology (RACT) order for Hutchinson Sealing Systems, located
in Newfields, New Hampshire. This action is being taken in accordance
with the Clean Air Act.
DATES: This rule is effective on April 22, 2026.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA-R01-OAR-2025-1741. All documents in the docket
are listed on the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website. Although listed
in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., 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 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Region 1 Regional Office, Air and Radiation Division, 5 Post Office
Square--Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests that if at all possible,
you contact the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to schedule your inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meredith Gutierrez, Energy and
Resilience Branch (ERB), Air and Radiation Division (ARD) (Mail Code 5-
MD), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office
Square, Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109-3912; telephone: (617)
918-1193; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#690e1c1d000c1b1b0c1347040c1b0c0d001d01290c1908470e061f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="274052534e425555425d094a425542434e534f6742574609404851">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background and Purpose
II. Final Action
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background and Purpose
On December 11, 2025 (90 FR 57416), EPA published a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the State of New Hampshire. The NPRM
proposed approval of revised RACT Order ARD-11-001 for Hutchinson
Sealing Systems, Inc., located in Newfields, New Hampshire. The formal
SIP revision was submitted by New Hampshire on April 17, 2025.
Other specific requirements of New Hampshire's RACT order and the
rationale for EPA's proposed action are explained in the NPRM and will
not be restated here. No public comments were received on the NPRM.
II. Final Action
EPA is approving revised RACT Order ARD-11-001 for Hutchinson
Sealing Systems as a revision to the New Hampshire SIP.
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the RACT
Order ARD-11-001 dated April 17, 2025, issued by the New Hampshire DES
to Hutchinson Sealing Systems as set forth below in the amendments to
40 CFR part 52. Amended RACT Order ARD-11-001 dated January 24, 2025,
maintains the previously established limits of volatile organic
compound content in motor vehicle weatherstrip adhesive coatings
produced by Hutchinson Sealing Systems. The EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these documents generally available through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and at the EPA Region 1 Office (please
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contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this preamble for more information). Therefore, these
materials have been approved by EPA for inclusion in the State
implementation plan, have been incorporated by reference by EPA into
that plan, are fully federally enforceable under sections 110 and 113
of the CAA as of the effective date of the final rulemaking of EPA's
approval, and will be incorporated by reference in the next update to
the SIP compilation.\1\
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\1\ 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997).
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IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Clean Air Act
and applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this action:
<bullet> Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
<bullet> Is not subject to Executive Order 14192 (90 FR 9065,
February 6, 2025) because SIP actions are exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866;
<bullet> Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
<bullet> Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
<bullet> Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
<bullet> Does not have federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
<bullet> Is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885,
April 23, 1997) because it approves a state program;
<bullet> Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); and
<bullet> Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act.
In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has
demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the rule does not have tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. Section 804, however, exempts from section 801 the
following types of rules: rules of particular applicability; rules
relating to agency management or personnel; and rules of agency
organization, procedure, or practice that do not substantially affect
the rights or obligations of non-agency parties. 5 U.S.C. 804(3).
Because this is a rule of particular applicability, EPA is not required
to submit a rule report regarding this action under section 801.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: March 11, 2026.
Mark Sanborn,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
For the reasons stated in the preamble the Environmental Protection
Agency amends part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations to read as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart EE--New Hampshire
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2. In Sec. 52.1520(d), amend the table by revising the entry
``Hutchinson Sealing Systems'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1520 Identification of plan.
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EPA Approved New Hampshire Source Specific Requirements
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Additional
Name of source Permit No. State EPA approval date explanations/Sec.
effective date \2\ 52.1535 citation
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Hutchinson Sealing Systems..... ARD-11-001............. 1/24/2025 3/23/2026, [91 FR Revised single
[Insert Federal source VOC RACT
Register page Order for
where the facility in
document begins]]. Newfields, NH and
replaces
previously
approved single
source VOC RACT
order from 2012
(77 FR 66388).
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\2\ In order to determine the EPA effective date for a specific provision listed in this table, consult the
Federal Register notice cited in this column for the particular provision.
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[FR Doc. 2026-05567 Filed 3-20-26; 8:45 a.m.]
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