Proposed Settlement Agreement AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).June 20th, 2012
FiledJune 20th, 2012ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement; Request for Public Comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement to address a consolidated set of petitions for review filed by several parties in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Petitioners filed these petitions for review of an EPA rule that revised the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (the RICE NESHAP). Under the terms of the proposed settlement agreement, EPA agrees that by May 22, 2012, the Agency will sign a notice of proposed rulemaking that includes a proposal to revise the RICE NESHAP: (1) to require management practices for owners and operators of remote existing non-emergency spark-ignition 4-stroke engines above 500 horsepower located at area sources, and (2) to require owners and operators of such engines that a