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Rule and Implementation Information for Oil and Natural Gas Production

Docket # OAR-2004-0238V and Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505
(Legacy docket-Docket #A-94-04)

Rule Information              Technical formation          Implementation Information


Rule Information

Proposed and Promulgated Rules

Subpart HH - National Emission Standards for Oil & Natural Gas Production
Date
Citation
Action
Description
File Download
More recent Federal Register Notices are available at www.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/actions.html
10/28/11 76 FR 66886 extension Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews; Extension of Comment Period Closing Date
08/26/11 76 FR 53371 public hearings Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews:Proposed rule; Announcement of public hearings
08/23/11 76 FR 52738 Proposed Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Oil and Natural Gas Production and for Natural Gas Transmission and Storage
07/13/10 75 FR 39934 Notice of Meeting National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Oil and Natural Gas Sector-Notice of Public Meeting
01/03/07 72 FR 26 Final National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities: Area Sources.
07/08/05 70 FR 39441 Supplemental Proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities: Supplemental proposed rule.
06/29/01 66 FR 34548 Correction National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage; Final Rule-Technical Correction
06/17/99 64 FR 32609 Final Rule National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage; Final Rule
02/06/98 63 FR 6288 Proposal Original Proposal for the Oil & Natural Gas Production MACT

NOTES:All files are Government Printing Office (GPO) files unless otherwise indicated.

Closely Related Rules, Policies or Program Guidance


Technical Information

Background Information Document (BID)/Response to comments

12/06 Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage - Comment Response Document
05/99 Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage - Background Information for Final Standards:Summary of Public Comments and Responses, U.S. EPA, May 1999, EPA-453/R-99-004b.
09/97 Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage - Background Information for Proposed Standards, U.S. EPA, April 1997, EPA-453/R-94-079a.

FACT Sheets

01/03/07 Fact Sheet-Area Sources
06/30/05 Fact Sheet-Supplemental Proposed Rule
05/18/99 Press Release Fact Sheet-Final Rule
02/02/98 Press Release Fact Sheet Proposed Rule

Implementation Information

09/14/10 Oil and Gas Review
Colorado Air Pollution Control Division: Implementation Tools for the Natural Gas Transmission and Storage MACT Standard  

Implementation Documents

12/22/06 Locating Urban Areas on Census website
12/22/06 Names of urban clusters and urbanized areas
6/28/05 Memo- Urban & Rural County Classification

 

Compliance and Enforcement Information

Compliance assistance webpage developed by Region 8 for the Oil and Gas Production MACT
Applicability Determination Index (ADI).  The ADI is maintained by EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) and provides a data base of memoranda dealing with applicability issues.  The database is searchable by Subpart.
Applicability Flow Diagram for the
Oil and Natural Gas Production NESHAP
(40 CFR 63, Subpart HH)

State Programs

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The Environmental Council of the States. The website provides state delegation information for environmental programs.
Colorado Air Pollution Control Division: Implementation Tools for the Oil and Natural Gas Production MACT Standard

OTHER

Emission Inventory Improvement Program Document, Chapter 10: Preferred and Alternative Methods for Estimating Air Emissions from Oil and Gas Field Production and Processing Operations.

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