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GAO-08-1072R 1 (2008-08-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwud0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im T I IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-316880 August 11, 2008 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chairman The Honorable James M. Inhofe Ranking Minority Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman The Honorable Joe Barton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), entitled Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries (RIN: 2060-AN72). We received the rule, which EPA categorized as non-major under the Congressional Review Act, on May 1, 2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on June 24, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 35,838. On July 28, 2008, EPA stated that the final rule for newly promulgated standards of performance for new, modified, or reconstructed process units (subpart Ja) should have been classified as a major rule under the Congressional Review Act and would be stayed for 60 days in a final rule published in the Federal Register. 73 Fed. Reg. 43,626. We received that rule on July 25, 2008. For the purposes of this report, the final rule refers to the substantive rule published on June 24, 2008. The final rule amends the current Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries. The final rule also promulgates separate standards of performance for new, modified, or reconstructed process units at petroleum refineries, including emissions limitations and work practice standards for fluid catalytic cracking units, fluid coking units, delayed coking units, fuel gas combustion devices, and sulfur recovery plants. GAO-08-1072R

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