The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering consultation with federally recognized Indian Tribes to obtain input on the Agency’s proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the marine tank vessel loading operations (MTVLO) source category, also referred to as the “MVL NESHAP,” under Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112.
This proposed action would require enhanced flare monitoring, periodic performance testing, electronic reporting provisions, and the removal of startup, shutdown, and malfunction exemptions. If finalized as proposed, the EPA estimates that this action would help reduce 3,500 tons per year (tpy) of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and 280 tpy of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions from MTVLO, which includes pollutants such as hexane, benzene, and methanol.
If your Tribe has questions about the proposed action or would like to request government-to-government consultation with the EPA on this rulemaking, please have your staff contact Grace Onuoma, Tribal Consultation Advisor, at Onuoma.Grace@epa.gov or (919) 541-0232 by April 9, 2026. We also encourage you to submit written comments to the docket to identify any information that you believe may be relevant to the development of the final rule. Tribes may submit written comments at https://www.regulations.gov/, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0207, any time during the open comment period following publication in the Federal Register.
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