EPA gives notice for Utility MACT and ICI Performance Standard Public Hearings

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  (EPA)             40 CFR Parts 60 and 63
ACTION: Proposed rule; Notice of public hearings.
SUMMARY: EPA published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2011, the proposed rule “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units.” EPA is announcing three public hearings to be held for the proposed rule.

DATES: The public hearings will be held on May 24, 2011, and May 26, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Public hearings will be held on May 24, 2011, in Chicago, IL, and Philadelphia, PA. The Chicago, IL, hearing will be held at the Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro in Ballroom D located at 733 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60611; Telephone: (312) 829-5000. The Philadelphia, PA, hearing will be held at the Westin Philadelphia in the Georgian Room located at 99 South 17th Street at Liberty Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103; Telephone: (888) 627-8153. The May 26, 2011, hearing will be held in the EPA Region IV offices at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center (AFC) Conference Rooms C and D, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, GA 30303-8960; telephone (800) 241-1754. For the Atlanta, GA, hearing, visitors must go through the metal detector, sign in with the security desk, be accompanied by an employee, and will need to show photo identification to enter the building.    The three public hearings will convene at 9 a.m. and continue until 8 p.m. (local time). EPA will make every effort to accommodate all speakers that arrive and register before 8 p.m. A lunch break is scheduled from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. and a dinner break is scheduled from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. during the hearings. The EPA Web Site for the rulemaking, which includes the proposal and information about the public hearings, can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/airquality/powerplanttoxics/actions.html.

Tags: Boiler MACT, Clean Air Act, EPA, NESHAP, NESHAPS, NSPS, Performance Standards, Utility MACT

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