On June 17, 1999, the EPA issued the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from oil and natural gas production facilities and the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from natural gas transmission and storage facilities (64 FR 32610). On June 29, 2001, EPA issued technical corrections to clarify intent and correct errors in these national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) (66 FR 34548). On September 27, 2001, the EPA corrected an error in the June 29, 2001 technical corrections for the Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Facilities NESHAP. This correction was made to reinstate a portion of the first sentence in §63.1270(a) that was mistakenly deleted during the editing process for the June 29, 2001 technical corrections. Reinstatement of this language will make it clear that the natural gas transmission and storage facilities NESHAP only applies to natural gas transmission and storage facilities that are major sources of HAP, and that transmission and storage systems are subject to the rule up to a final end user only when a local distribution company is not present.

40 CFR Section 63.1270 is amended by revising the first sentence of paragraph (a) introductory text to read as follows:

§63.1270 Applicability and designation of affected source.

(a) This subpart applies to owners and operators of natural gas transmission and storage facilities that transport or store natural gas prior to entering the pipeline to a local distribution company or to a final end user (if there is no local distribution company), and that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions as defined in §63.1271. * * *

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