The purpose of this Notice of Rule Development (NORD) is to repeal an obsolete and outdated rule, clarify the geographic scope of the Department’s Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) rules, and to complete miscellaneous regulatory cleanup....

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Division of Air Resource Management

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

62-296.412: Dry Cleaning Facilities

62-296.418: Bulk Gasoline Plants

62-296.470: Implementation of Federal Clean Air Interstate Rule

62-296.500: Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) – Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and

Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Emitting Facilities

62-296.512: Cutback Asphalt

62-296.600: Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) – Lead

62-296.700: Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Particulate Matter

PURPOSE AND EFFECT:  The purpose of this Notice of Rule Development (NORD) is to repeal an obsolete and outdated rule, clarify the geographic scope of the Department’s Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) rules, and to complete miscellaneous regulatory cleanup. Specifically, the Division intends to repeal Rule 62-296.470, F.A.C., which has been superseded by federal standards; to revise Rules 62-296.418, 62-296.500, 62-296.600, and 62-296.700, F.A.C., to specify the counties where the rules are applicable; to revise Rule 62-296.412, F.A.C., to delete outdated provisions; and to revise Rule 62-296.512, F.A.C., to remove a reference to a test method for a pollutant that is not regulated by the rule.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The proposed rule amendments address Stationary Sources – Emission Standards.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 403.061, 403.087, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 403.021, 403.031, 403.061, 403.087, F.S.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Cindy Phillips, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resource Management, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 5500, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2400. Telephone: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]. THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.