Environmental Protection Agency
This notice supplements the Storage Tank Emission Reduction Partnership Program Federal Register notice that was published on April 13, 2000, 65 FR 19891, see also 65 FR 2391 (January 14, 2000), commends companies for their participation in this program and includes a list of these companies and their facilities. Under this program, EPA offered to enter into agreements with those companies that installed or will install controls to reduce emissions from slotted guidepoles at NSPS Subpart Ka and Kb tanks. EPA will waive penalties for participating companies who implement their agreements in a timely manner. To participate, companies were required to notify EPA of their intent to participate by June 12, 2000.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency [FRL-6887-2] AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Supplemental notice concerning storage tank emission reduction partnership program. SUMMARY: This notice supplements the Storage Tank Emission Reduction Partnership Program Federal Register notice that was published on April 13, 2000, 65 FR 19891 , see also 65 FR 2391 (January 14, 2000), commends companies for their participation in this program and includes a list of these companies and their facilities. Under this program, EPA offered to enter into agreements with those companies that installed or will install controls to reduce emissions from slotted guidepoles at NSPS Subpart Ka and Kb tanks. EPA will waive penalties for participating companies who implement their agreements in a timely manner. To participate, companies were required to notify EPA of their intent to participate by June 12, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James K. Jackson, Air Enforcement Division (2242A), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 564-2002. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described in previous Federal Register notices, slotted guidepoles have holes, slots and gaps that provide a pathway for evaporative product losses and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions which can exceed 25,000 pounds per year. EPA reaffirmed its position that uncontrolled slotted guidepoles do not comply with the “no visible gap” requirements of…
Citation: 65 FR 62348
