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B-334676 Oct 17, 2022 1 (2022-10-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaontz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G a . U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-334676 October 17, 2022 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Leader Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (RIN: 2060-AU20). We received the rule on September 9, 2022. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on October 6, 2022. 87 Fed. Reg. 60816. The effective date is December 5, 2022. EPA states that the final rule finalizes amendments to the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) at major sources from new and existing industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) boilers and process heaters. EPA further states that the rule finalizes amendments to several numeric emission limits for new and existing boilers and process heaters, consistent with recent federal court rulings, and sets compliance dates for these new emission limits. Finally, EPA states that the rule provides further explanation of one aspect of EPA's use of carbon monoxide (CO) as a surrogate for organic hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and its use of a CO threshold to represent the application of the maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for organic HAP, as well as finalizes several technical clarifications and corrections. Enclosed is our assessment of EPA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you have any questions about this report or wish to contact GAO officials responsible for the evaluation work relating to the

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