<searchTitle>Removal of Affirmative Defense Provisions From the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Oil and Natural Gas Production Facility and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Facility Source Categories; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>RULE</granuleClass>
<accessId>2024-24288</accessId>
<agency order="1">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY</agency>
<effectiveDate>2024-10-22</effectiveDate>
<departmentDoc>EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0406</departmentDoc>
<departmentDoc>FRL-10652-02-OAR</departmentDoc>
<rin number="2060-AV97"/>
<billingCode>6560-50-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>2024-24288</frDocNumber>
<action>Final rule.</action>
<summary>The EPA is finalizing amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the oil and gas industry issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Specifically, the EPA is finalizing removal of the affirmative defense provisions in the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for both the Oil and Natural Gas Production source category and the Natural Gas Transmission and Storage source category.</summary>
<dates>This final rule is effective October 22, 2024.</dates>
<contact>Matthew Witosky, Sector Policies and Programs Division (E143-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12055, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711;</contact>
<cfr title="40">
<part number="63"/>
<subject>Environmental Protection</subject>
<subject>Air Pollution Control</subject>
<subject>Hazardous Substances</subject>
<subject>Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements</subject>
...</cfr>
<tocDoc>Removal of Affirmative Defense Provisions from the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Oil and Natural Gas Production Facility and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Facility Source Categories, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>witosky.matthew@epa.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>https://www.epa.gov/controlling-air-pollution-oil-and-natural-gas-operations</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://www.regulations.gov</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://www.regulations.gov/</urlRef>