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  [Federal Register: December 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 246)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0093; FRL-8260-7]
RIN 2060-AN10

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface
Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action on amendments to the
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface
Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks (Automobiles and Light-
Duty Trucks NESHAP) which were promulgated on April 26, 2004, under the
authority of section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act. The direct final rule
amendments provide the option of including surface coating of heavier
motor vehicles under this rule. This action also makes direct final
rule amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts and
Products (Miscellaneous Metal Parts NESHAP) and the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Surface Coating of Plastic
Parts and Products (Plastic Parts NESHAP) to maintain consistency
between these rules and the Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP.

DATES: The direct final rule is effective on February 20, 2007 without
further notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by January
22, 2007 or by February 5, 2007 if a public hearing is requested by
January 2, 2007. If adverse comments are received, EPA will publish a
timely withdrawal in the Federal Register indicating which amendments,
sections, or paragraphs will become effective and which are being
withdrawn due to adverse comment. If anyone contacts EPA requesting to
speak at a public hearing, a public hearing will be held on January 8, 2007.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0093. All documents in the docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., confidential business
information 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 either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov
or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation Docket,
EPA West, Room B-102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air
and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.

    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of
operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the
Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult

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EPA's Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the
EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current
information on docket operations, locations, and telephone numbers.
The Docket Center's mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure
for submitting comments to http://www.regulations.gov are not affected by
the flooding and will remain the same.

    Public Hearing. If a public hearing is held, it will be held at 10
a.m. at the EPA's Environmental Research Center Auditorium, Research
Triangle Park, NC, or at an alternate site nearby.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Mr.
David Salman, EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector
Policies and Programs Division, Coatings and Chemicals Group (E143-01),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number (919) 541-0859; fax
number (919) 541-0246; e-mail address: salman.dave@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Regulated Entities. Categories and entities potentially regulated
by this action include:

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                                 NAICS
           Category               \*\        Examples of  potentially
                                  code          regulated entities
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Industry......................   336111  Automobile manufacturing.
                                 336112  Light truck and utility vehicle
                                          manufacturing.
                                 336211  Motor vehicle body
                                          manufacturing.
                                 336120  Heavy duty truck manufacturing.
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* North American Industry Classification System.

    This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be regulated by this
action. To determine whether your facility is regulated by this action,
you should examine the applicability criteria of the rule. If you have
any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    World Wide Web (WWW). In addition to being available in the docket,
an electronic copy of today's direct final Automobiles and Light-Duty
Trucks NESHAP will also be available on the WWW through the Technology
Transfer Network (TTN). Following the Administrator's signature, a copy
of the NESHAP will be posted on the TTN's policy and guidance page for
newly proposed or promulgated rules at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/.
The TTN at EPA's Web site provides information and technology exchange
in various areas of air pollution control.
    Comments. We are publishing the direct final rule amendments
without prior proposal because we view the amendments as
noncontroversial and do not anticipate adverse comments. However, in
the Proposed Rules section of this Federal Register notice, we are
publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposal to amend
the Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart
IIII), the Miscellaneous Metal Parts NESHAP (40 CFR 63, subpart MMMM),
and the Plastic Parts NESHAP (40 CFR 63, subpart PPPP) if material
adverse comments are filed. Instructions for submitting comments are
provided in that document. If we receive any material adverse comments
on one or more distinct amendments, we will publish a timely withdrawal
in the Federal Register informing the public which provisions will
become effective, and which provisions are being withdrawn due to
material adverse comment. We will address all public comments in a
subsequent final rule, should the EPA determine to issue one. Any of
the distinct amendments in today's direct final rule for which we do
not receive material adverse comment will become effective on the
previously mentioned date. We will not institute a second comment
period on the direct final rule amendments. Any parties interested in
commenting must do so at this time.
    Judicial Review. Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA), judicial review of the direct final rule amendments is available
only by filing a petition for review in the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by February 20, 2007.
Under section 307(d)(7)(B) of the CAA, only an objection to the direct
final rule amendments that was raised with reasonable specificity
during the period for public comment can be raised during judicial
review. Moreover, under section 307(b)(2) of the CAA, the requirements
established by the direct final rule amendments may not be challenged
separately in any civil or criminal proceeding brought by EPA to
enforce these requirements.
    Outline. The information presented in this preamble is organized as
follows:

I. Background
II. Amendments
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
    A. Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review
    B. Paperwork Reduction Act
    C. Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
    D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
    E. Executive Order 13132, Federalism
    F. Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination With
Indian Tribal Governments
    G. Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children From
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
    H. Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
    I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
    J. Congressional Review Act

I. Background

    On April 26, 2004, we issued the final Automobiles and Light-Duty
Trucks NESHAP (69 FR 22602). The final NESHAP established standards to
control organic hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions from new and
existing automobile and light-duty truck surface coating operations.
Today's action amends the final rule by adding an option to include the
coating of heavier vehicle bodies and parts for heavier vehicles in the
affected source under this NESHAP. We are also making direct final rule
amendments to the Miscellaneous Metal Parts NESHAP (40 CFR part 63,
subpart MMMM), and the Plastic Parts NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart
PPPP) to maintain consistency between these rules and the Automobiles
and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart IIII). None of
the amendments will have any discernable effect on the stringency of
the rules.

II. Amendments

    The discussion in this section of the preamble pertains to the
Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart IIII)
unless otherwise noted as applying to the Miscellaneous Metal Parts
NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart MMMM) or the Plastic Parts NESHAP (40
CFR part 63, subpart PPPP). Each of these rules has an early 2007
compliance date for existing sources.
    The main focus of the final rule is the coating of new automobile
or new light-duty truck bodies, and body parts for new automobiles or
new light-duty trucks. The final rule also allows the owner or operator
of an automobile and light-duty truck coating affected source to
include in that affected source any coating operation which applies
coatings to parts intended for use in new automobiles or new light-duty
trucks or as aftermarket repair or replacement parts for automobiles or
light-duty trucks which would otherwise be subject to the Miscellaneous
Metal Parts NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart MMMM) or the Plastic Parts
NESHAP (40 CFR part 63,

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subpart PPPP). This makes it possible for such a facility to
demonstrate compliance with requirements applicable to all of these
activities within the final rule rather than having to demonstrate
compliance with two or three rules.
    Some automobile and light-duty truck surface coating facilities
also coat heavier vehicle bodies or body parts for heavier vehicles.
The heavier vehicle bodies or body parts for heavier vehicles may be
coated using the same equipment and materials that are used to coat
automobile and light-duty truck bodies or body parts for automobiles
and light-duty trucks. The final rule does not currently provide an
option for including the coating of heavier vehicle bodies or body
parts for heavier vehicles in the automobile and light-duty truck
affected source. Lacking such an option, a facility which coats
automobiles or light-duty trucks and also coats heavier vehicle bodies
or body parts for heavier vehicles would be subject to the Automobiles
and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart IIII) and also
would be subject to the Miscellaneous Metal Parts NESHAP (40 CFR part
63, subpart MMMM) or the Plastic Parts NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart
PPPP). Adding the option of including the coating of heavier vehicle
bodies or body parts for heavier vehicles in the automobile and light-
duty truck affected source would make it possible for such a facility
to demonstrate compliance with requirements applicable to all of these
activities within the final rule rather than having to demonstrate
compliance with two or three rules.
    Some facilities that coat only heavier vehicle bodies or body parts
for heavier vehicles have paint shops that are designed and operated in
the same manner as paint shops that are used to coat automobile and
light-duty truck bodies and body parts for automobiles and light-duty
trucks. The permit requirements for these heavier vehicle paint shops
are often structured in the same way as permit requirements for
automobile and light-duty truck paint shops. The volatile organic
compounds (VOC) compliance demonstration procedures that are used for
these heavier vehicle paint shops are often the same as the VOC
compliance demonstration procedures that are used for automobile and
light-duty truck paint shops and very similar to the HAP compliance
demonstration procedures in the Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks
NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart IIII). Without the option of including
these heavier vehicle paint shops under the Automobiles and Light-Duty
Trucks NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart IIII), these heavier vehicle
paint shops will have to demonstrate compliance both with VOC
requirements using automobile and light-duty truck procedures and HAP
requirements using very different procedures as specified in the other
NESHAP. Adding the option of including the coating of heavier vehicle
bodies or body parts for heavier vehicles in the automobile and light-
duty truck affected source would make it possible for such a facility
to demonstrate compliance with HAP requirements using the very similar
procedures in the Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP (40 CFR part
63, subpart IIII).
    We, therefore, have amended the final rule by adding an option to
include the coating of heavier vehicle bodies, body parts for heavier
vehicles, and parts for heavier vehicles in the affected source under
this NESHAP. The direct final amendments use the term ``other motor
vehicle'' which is defined as ``a self-propelled vehicle designed for
transporting persons or property on a street or highway that has a
gross vehicle weight rating over 8,500 pounds.'' The emissions limits
in the Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP (40 CFR 63, subpart
IIII) are more stringent than the emissions limits in the Miscellaneous
Metal Parts NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart MMMM) and the Plastic Parts
NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart PPPP). As a result, any heavier vehicle
coating operation that is included in this NESHAP will be required to
achieve the same or greater organic HAP emission reduction than it
would have been required to achieve under the other NESHAP. The first
monthly compliance period for existing sources in the Automobiles and
Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP begins on April 26, 2007 and ends on May 31,
2007. The first 12-month compliance period for existing sources in the
Miscellaneous Metal Parts NESHAP begins on January 2, 2007 and ends on
February 29, 2008. The first 12-month compliance period for existing
sources in the Plastic Parts NESHAP begins on April 19, 2007 and ends
on May 31, 2008. We believe the earlier start of the first compliance
period for existing sources in the Miscellaneous Metal Parts NESHAP is
inconsequential, particularly since the first compliance period for
existing sources in the Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP will
end sooner and continuous compliance with the Automobiles and Light-
Duty Trucks NESHAP will be demonstrated on a monthly basis as opposed
to the 12-month rolling basis used in the other two rules.
    We have amended the Miscellaneous Metal Parts NESHAP (40 CFR part
63, subpart MMMM) to allow the coating of metal heavier vehicle bodies,
metal body parts for heavier vehicles, and metal parts for heavier
vehicles to comply with the Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks NESHAP
(40 CFR 63, subpart IIII) in lieu of complying with the Miscellaneous
Metal Parts NESHAP. We have amended the Plastic Parts NESHAP (40 CFR
part 63, subpart PPPP) to allow the coating of heavier plastic vehicle
bodies, plastic body parts for heavier vehicles, and plastic parts for
heavier vehicles to comply with the Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks
NESHAP (40 CFR 63, subpart IIII) in lieu of complying with the Plastic
Parts NESHAP.

III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) initially notified EPA
that it considered this action a ``significant regulatory action''
within the meaning of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4,
1993). Nevertheless, after reviewing information regarding this action,
OMB waived review of this action.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This action does not impose any new information collection burden.
This action adds optional provisions to the final standards. OMB has
previously approved the information collection requirements contained
in the existing regulations (40 CFR part 63, subpart IIII) under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq., and
has assigned OMB control number 2060-0550, EPA ICR No. 2045.02. A copy
of the Information Collection Request (ICR) may be obtained from Ms.
Susan Auby by mail at the Office of Environmental Information,
Collection Strategies Division (2822), EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, by e-mail at auby.susan@epa.gov, or by
calling (202) 566-1672. You also may download a copy from the Internet
at http://www.epa.gov/icr. Include the ICR number in any
correspondence.
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology

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and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to
be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    EPA has determined that it is not necessary to prepare a regulatory
flexibility analysis in connection with the direct final rule amendments.
    For purposes of assessing the impacts of today's direct final rule
on small entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A small business
according to Small Business Administration size standards for companies
identified by NAICS codes 336111 (automobile manufacturing) and 336112
(light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing) with 1,000 or fewer
employees; (2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a government
of a city, county, town, school district, or special district with a
population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is
any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated
and is not dominant in its field. Based on the above definition, there
are no small entities presently engaged in automobile and light-duty
truck surface coating.
    After considering the economic impacts of the final rule on small
entities, EPA has concluded that this action will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This is based on the observation that the final rule affects no small
entities since none are engaged in the surface coating of automobiles
and light-duty trucks.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public
Law 104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the
effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal
governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, EPA
generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit
analysis, for proposed and final rules with ``Federal mandates'' that
may result in expenditures to State, local, and tribal governments, in
the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any
1 year. Before promulgating a rule for which a written statement is
needed, section 205 of the UMRA generally requires us to identify and
consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and adopt the
least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative that
achieves the objectives of the rule. The provisions of section 205 do
not apply when they are inconsistent with applicable law. Moreover,
section 205 allows us to adopt an alternative other than the least
costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative if the
Administrator publishes with the final rule an explanation why that
alternative was not adopted. Before EPA establishes any regulatory
requirements that may significantly or uniquely affect small
governments, including tribal governments, it must have developed under
section 203 of the UMRA a small government agency plan. The plan must
provide for notifying potentially affected small governments, enabling
officials of affected small governments to have meaningful and timely
input in the development of EPA regulatory proposals with significant
Federal intergovernmental mandates, and informing, educating, and
advising small governments on compliance with the regulatory requirements.
    EPA has determined that the direct final rule amendments do not
contain a Federal mandate that may result in expenditures of $100
million or more for State, local, and tribal governments, in the
aggregate, or the private sector in any 1 year. The direct final rule
amendments provide the option of including surface coating of heavier
motor vehicles under this rule and, therefore, add no additional burden
on sources. Thus, the direct final rule amendments are not subject to
the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA.

E. Executive Order 13132, Federalism

    Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, August
10, 1999), requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure
``meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the
development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.''
``Policies that have federalism implications'' is defined in the
Executive Order to include regulations that have ``substantial direct
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government.''
    The direct final rule amendments do not have federalism
implications. They will not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government, as specified in Executive Order 13132. No
facilities subject to the direct final rule amendments are owned by
State or local governments. Therefore, State and local governments will
not have any direct compliance costs resulting from the direct final
rule amendments. Furthermore, the direct final rule amendments do not
require these governments to take on any new responsibilities. Thus,
Executive Order 13132 does not apply to the direct final rule amendments.

F. Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments

    Executive Order 13175, entitled ``Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments'' (59 FR 22951, November 9, 2000),
requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful
and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory
policies that have tribal implications.'' The direct final rule
amendments do not have tribal implications as specified in Executive
Order 13175. They will not have substantial direct effects on tribal
governments, on the relationship between the Federal Government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities
between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, because we are not
aware of any Indian tribal governments or communities affected by the
direct final rule amendments. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not
apply to the direct final rule amendments.

G. Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks

    Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) applies to any
rule that: (1) is determined to be ``economically significant'' as
defined under Executive Order 12866, and (2) concerns an environmental
health or safety risk that EPA has reason to believe may have a
disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action meets
both criteria, the Agency must evaluate the environmental health or
safety effects of the planned rule on children, and explain why the
planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective

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and reasonably feasible alternatives considered by the Agency.
    EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those
regulatory actions that are based on health or safety risks, such that
the analysis required under section 5-501 of the Executive Order has
the potential to influence the regulation. The direct final rule
amendments are not subject to Executive Order 13045 because they are
based on technology performance and not on health or safety risks.

H. Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use

    The direct final rule amendments are not a ``significant energy
action'' as defined in Executive Order 13211, ``Actions Concerning
Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or
Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because they are not likely to have a
significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of
energy. The direct final rule amendments provide the option of
including surface coating of heavier motor vehicles under this rule
and, therefore, add no additional burden on sources. We have,
therefore, concluded that the direct final rule amendments are not
likely to have any adverse energy effects.

I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act (NTTAA) of 1995, Public Law No. 104-113, 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note)
directs EPA to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS) in its
regulatory activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with
applicable law or otherwise impractical. VCS are technical standards
(e.g., materials specifications, test methods, sampling procedures, and
business practices) that are developed or adopted by VCS bodies. The
NTTAA directs EPA to provide Congress, through OMB, explanations when
the Agency decides not to use available and applicable VCS. The direct
final rule amendments do not involve technical standards. Therefore,
EPA is not considering the use of any VCS.

J. Congressional Review Act

    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. EPA will submit a report containing the
direct final rule amendments and other required information to the
United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of
the direct final rule amendments in the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. The direct final rule amendments are not a ``major rule'' as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). The direct final rule amendments will be
effective on February 20, 2007.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hazardous
substances, and Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: December 18, 2006.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, Title 40, chapter I, part
63 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 63--[AMENDED]

• 1. The authority citation for part 63 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.

Subpart IIII--[Amended]

• 2. Section 63.3080 is revised to read as follows:

Sec.  63.3080  What is the purpose of this subpart?

    This subpart establishes national emission standards for hazardous
air pollutants (NESHAP) for facilities which surface coat new
automobile or new light-duty truck bodies or body parts for new
automobiles or new light-duty trucks. This subpart also establishes
NESHAP for facilities which surface coat new other motor vehicle bodies
or body parts for new other motor vehicles which you choose to include
in your affected source pursuant to Sec.  63.3082(c). This subpart also
establishes requirements to demonstrate initial and continuous
compliance with the emission limitations.

• 3. Section 63.3081 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:

Sec.  63.3081  Am I subject to this subpart?

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    (b) You are subject to this subpart if you own or operate a new,
reconstructed, or existing affected source, as defined in Sec. 
63.3082, that is located at a facility which applies topcoat to new
automobile or new light-duty truck bodies or body parts for new
automobiles or new light-duty trucks, and that is a major source, is
located at a major source, or is part of a major source of emissions of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP). You are subject to this subpart if you
own or operate a new, reconstructed, or existing affected source, as
defined in Sec.  63.3082, in which you choose to include, pursuant to
Sec.  63.3082(c), any coating operations which apply coatings to new
other motor vehicle bodies or body parts for new other motor vehicles;
parts intended for use in new automobiles, new light-duty trucks, or
new other motor vehicles; or aftermarket repair or replacement parts
for automobiles, light-duty trucks, or other motor vehicles; and the
affected source is located at a facility that is a major source, is
located at a major source, or is part of a major source of emissions of
HAP. A major source of HAP emissions is any stationary source or group
of stationary sources located within a contiguous area and under common
control that emits or has the potential to emit any single HAP at a
rate of 9.07 megagrams (Mg) (10 tons) or more per year or any
combination of HAP at a rate of 22.68 Mg (25 tons) or more per year.
* * * * *

• 4. Section 63.3082 is amended by revising paragraphs (c) and (e) to
read as follows:

Sec.  63.3082  What parts of my plant does this subpart cover?

* * * * *
    (c) In addition, you may choose to include in your affected source,
and thereby make subject to the requirements of this subpart, any
coating operations, as defined in Sec.  63.3176, which would otherwise
be subject to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts and
Products (subpart MMMM of this part) or the National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Surface Coating of Plastic Parts and
Products (subpart PPPP of this part) which apply coatings to new other
motor vehicle bodies or body parts for new other motor vehicles, parts
intended for use in new automobiles, new light-duty trucks, or new
other motor vehicles, or aftermarket repair or replacement parts for
automobiles, light-duty trucks, or other motor vehicles.
* * * * *
    (e) An affected source is a new affected source if:

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    (1) You commenced its construction after December 24, 2002; and
    (2) The construction is of a completely new automobile and light-
duty truck assembly plant, automobile and light-duty truck paint shop,
automobile and light-duty truck topcoat operation, other motor vehicle
assembly plant, other motor vehicle paint shop, or other motor vehicle
topcoat operation where previously no automobile and light-duty truck
assembly plant, automobile and light-duty truck assembly paint shop, or
automobile and light-duty truck assembly topcoat operation had existed;
and
    (i) No other motor vehicle assembly plant, other motor vehicle
paint shop, or other motor vehicle topcoat operation had existed
previously; or
    (ii) No previously existing other motor vehicle assembly plant,
other motor vehicle paint shop, or other motor vehicle topcoat
operation is subject to this subpart; or
    (iii) If the facility was previously not a major source for HAP, no
previously existing other motor vehicle assembly plant, other motor
vehicle paint shop, or other motor vehicle topcoat operation is made
part of the affected source under this subpart.
* * * * *

• 5. Section 63.3110 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:

Sec.  63.3110  What notifications must I submit?

* * * * *
    (b) You must submit the Initial Notification required by Sec. 
63.9(b) for a new or reconstructed affected source no later than 120
days after initial startup or 120 days after June 25, 2004, whichever
is later. For an existing affected source, you must submit the Initial
Notification no later than 1 year after April 26, 2004. Existing
sources that have previously submitted notifications of applicability
of this rule pursuant to Sec.  112(j) of the CAA are not required to
submit an Initial Notification under Sec.  63.9(b) except to identify
and describe all additions to the affected source made pursuant to
Sec.  63.3082(c). If you elect to include the surface coating of new
other motor vehicle bodies, body parts for new other motor vehicles,
parts for new other motor vehicles, or aftermarket repair or
replacement parts for other motor vehicles in your affected source
pursuant to Sec.  63.3082(c) and your affected source has an initial
startup before February 20, 2007, then you must submit an Initial
Notification of this election no later than 120 days after initial
startup or February 20, 2007, whichever is later.
* * * * *

• 6. Section 63.3176 is amended by:
• a. Removing the definition of ``Automobile and/or light-duty truck
assembly plant''.
• b. Adding in alphabetical order definitions for ``Automobile and light-
duty truck assembly plant,'' ``Other motor vehicle,'' and ``Other motor
vehicle assembly plant'' to read as follows:

Sec.  63.3176  What definitions apply to this subpart?

* * * * *
    Automobile and light-duty truck assembly plant means a facility
which assembles automobiles or light-duty trucks, including coating
facilities and processes.
* * * * *
    Other motor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle designed for
transporting persons or property on a street or highway that has a
gross vehicle weight rating over 8,500 pounds. You may choose to make
the coating of other motor vehicles subject to this subpart pursuant to
Sec.  63.3082(c).
    Other motor vehicle assembly plant means a facility which assembles
other motor vehicles, including coating facilities and processes.
* * * * *

Subpart MMMM--[Amended]

• 7. Section 63.3881 is amended by revising the last sentence of
paragraph (d) to read as follows:

Sec.  63.3881  Am I subject to this subpart?

* * * * *
    (d) * * * Surface coating operations on metal parts or products
(e.g., parts for motorcycles or lawnmowers) not intended for use in
automobiles, light-duty trucks, or other motor vehicles as defined in
Sec.  63.3176 cannot be made part of your affected source under subpart
IIII of this part.
* * * * *

Subpart PPPP--[Amended]

• 8. Section 63.4481 is amended by revising the last sentence of
paragraph (d) to read as follows:

Sec.  63.4481  Am I subject to this subpart?

* * * * *
    (d) * * * Surface coating operations on plastic parts or products
(e.g., parts for motorcycles or lawnmowers) not intended for use in
automobiles, light-duty trucks, or other motor vehicles as defined in
Sec.  63.3176 cannot be made part of your affected source under subpart
IIII of this part.
* * * * *
[FR Doc. E6-21975 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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