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| Document Title/Subject:
Determination of Adequacy of Section 112 to Address Deposition of Hazardous Air Pollutants to the Great Waters Related Documents: "Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters: First Report to Congress," EPA-453/R-93-055, May 1994 "Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters: Second Report to Congress," EPA-453/R-97-011, June, 1997 |
Signed by: Carol Browner
Signature Date: March 13, 1998
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Filename(s):
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t3/fr_notices/gw-finde.pdf URL(s):
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| Regulatory Authority: Title 3 |
Division: Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division (OAQPS) |
Submitted By: evarts.dale |
| Document Type: Supplemental Notices Supplemental Notices |
EPA Document Number: Federal Register: |
Supersedes: |
| Subject Category: AIR ECOSYSTEMS Toxics WATER |
Keywords: Hazardous air pollutants HAPs atmospheric deposition Lakes Great Lakes Coastal Waters Air Toxics |
Terms: Air pollutants Clean Air Act CAA Estuaries Toxic substances Water quality |
| Abstract: This notice provides EPA's determination that the legal authorities contained in the provisions of section 112 of the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act (Act) are adequate to prevent serious adverse public health effects and serious or widespread environmental effects associated with atmospheric deposition of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) to the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain, and certain coastal waters (the Great Waters). The notice also provides EPA's termination that further emission standards or control measures under section 112(m)(6), beyond those that can otherwise be adopted under section 112, are not necessary and appropriate at this time to prevent such effects. These determinations are not a conclusion that EPA has taken full advantage of the statutory authorities under section 112, but that these authorities exist and are adequate, based on the information available now, to prevent serious adverse effects to public health and serious or widespread environmental effects associated with atmospheric deposition of HAP to the Great Waters. The two draft determ inations were published on July 7, 1997, and a public comment period during which interested persons could submit written comments in response to the draft determinations ran through August 6, 1997. These determinations are being made pursuant to section 112(m)(6) of the Act, as amended in 1990. |
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