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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Comment Request; Identification, Listing, and Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-06555
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Identification, Listing and Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1189.32, OMB Control Number 2050-0053 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 28, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-06554
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (EPA ICR Number 0660.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0107) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-06553
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (EPA ICR Number 2300.20, OMB Control Number 2060-0629) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 4, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Remedial Investigation Addendum/Focused Feasibility Study
Document Number: 2024-06643
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERLCA"), notice is hereby given that a Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Remedial Investigation Addendum/Focused Feasibility Study ("Proposed Agreement") associated with the Smeltertown Site near Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado ("Site") was executed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Region 8 and is now subject to public comment, after which EPA may modify or withdraw its consent if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the Proposed Agreement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
Air Plan Approval; Revisions to the Florida State Implementation Plan Conformity Rule
Document Number: 2024-06394
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) through a letter dated August 12, 2022. The revision updates the general conformity portion of the conformity rule in Florida's SIP. EPA is approving these changes because they are consistent with the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
Asbestos Part 1; Chrysotile Asbestos; Regulation of Certain Conditions of Use Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Document Number: 2024-05972
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is issuing this final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to address to the extent necessary the unreasonable risk of injury to health presented by chrysotile asbestos based on the risks posed by certain conditions of use. The injuries to human health include mesothelioma and lung, ovarian, and laryngeal cancers resulting from chronic inhalation exposure to chrysotile asbestos.
Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans
Document Number: 2024-05870
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is finalizing facility response plan requirements for worst case discharges of Clean Water Act (CWA) hazardous substances for onshore non-transportation-related facilities that could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm to the environment by discharging a CWA hazardous substance into or on the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or exclusive economic zone.
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for February 2024
Document Number: 2024-06437
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-27
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is required under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, to make information publicly available and to publish information in the Federal Register pertaining to submissions under TSCA Section 5, including notice of receipt of a Premanufacture notice (PMN), Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) or Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN), including an amended notice or test information; an exemption application (Biotech exemption); an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), both pending and/or concluded; a notice of commencement (NOC) of manufacture (including import) for new chemical substances; and a periodic status report on new chemical substances that are currently under EPA review or have recently concluded review. This document covers the period from 2/01/ 2024 to 2/29/2024.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program
Document Number: 2024-06475
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-27
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program (EPA ICR Number 2801.01, OMB Control Number 2040- NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a request for approval of a new collection. This notice allows for 60 days for public comments.
Air Plan Approval; West Virginia; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plans for the Charleston Area and the West Virginia Portion of the Steubenville-Weirton Area
Document Number: 2024-06474
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-27
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), two limited maintenance plans (LMPs) submitted by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), on behalf of the State of West Virginia. The LMPs are revisions to West Virginia's state implementation plan (SIP) and address the Charleston, West Virginia area (Charleston Area) and the West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-West Virginia area (West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-Weirton Area). EPA is proposing to approve the Charleston Area LMP and the West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-Weirton Area LMP because they provide for the maintenance of the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) through the end of the second 10-year maintenance periods. In addition, EPA is initiating the process to find the LMPs adequate for transportation conformity purposes.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; POTW Influent PFAS Study Data Collection
Document Number: 2024-06408
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request, ``U.S. Environmental Protection Agency POTW Influent PFAS Study Data Collection'' (EPA ICR No. 2799.01, OMB Control No. 2040-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a request for approval of a new collection. This notice allows for 60 days for public comments.
Notice of Denial of Petition for Partial Waiver of 2023 Cellulosic Biofuel Standard Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program
Document Number: 2024-06375
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of its final action entitled Denial of AFPM Petition for Partial Waiver of 2023 Cellulosic Biofuel Standard (``AFPM Petition Denial Action''), in which EPA denied a petition from the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) for a partial waiver of the 2023 cellulosic biofuel standard under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. EPA is providing this notice for public awareness of, and the basis for, EPA's decision issued on March 15, 2024.
Air Quality Plans; California; Tehama County Air Pollution Control District; New Source Review
Document Number: 2024-06264
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of a revision to the Tehama County Air Pollution Control District's (TCAPCD or ``District'') portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision governs the District's issuance of permits for stationary sources and focuses on the preconstruction review and permitting of major sources and major modifications under part D of title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``the Act''). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Certain Existing Chemicals; Request To Submit Unpublished Health and Safety Data Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Document Number: 2024-06303
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to require manufacturers (including importers) of 16 chemical substances to submit copies and lists of certain unpublished health and safety studies to EPA. Health and safety studies sought by this action will help inform EPA's responsibilities pursuant to TSCA, including prioritization, risk evaluation, and risk management.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives-Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-06172
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR) Registration of Fuels and Fuel AdditivesRequirements for Manufacturers (EPA ICR Number 0309.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0150) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed revision of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 5, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; RadNet (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-06170
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), RadNet (EPA ICR Number 0877.15 OMB Control Number 2060-0015) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 19, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Notice of Meeting of the EPA Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
Document Number: 2024-06210
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be held virtually and in-person on May 15-16, 2024 at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters located at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. The CHPAC advises the EPA on science, regulations and other issues relating to children's environmental health.
Request for Nominations to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council
Document Number: 2024-06201
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites applications from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council (HBCU-MSI AC). Approximately 15-20 vacancies are expected to be filled by Fall 2024. For appointment consideration, nominations should be submitted by May 8th, 2024. Sources in addition to this Federal Register notice may also be utilized in the solicitation of nominees.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period
Document Number: 2024-06105
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the regional haze state implementation plan (SIP) submitted by the State of New York through the Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC or New York) on May 12, 2020, as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the EPA's Regional Haze Rule for the program's second implementation period. New York's SIP submission addresses the requirement that states must periodically revise their long-term strategies for making reasonable progress towards the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I Federal areas, including regional haze. The SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second implementation period of the regional haze program. The EPA is taking this action pursuant to sections 110 and 169A of the Clean Air Act.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2024-06098
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (February 2024)
Document Number: 2024-06145
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Notice of Public Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) With Webcast
Document Number: 2024-06109
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a public meeting with a webcast of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). The meeting will be shared in real-time via webcast and public comments may be provided in writing in advance or virtually via webcast. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further details. The purpose of the meeting will be for the EFAB to discuss current advisory charges, provide updates on previous EFAB deliverables, and to learn more about the Administration's infrastructure investment opportunities. The meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format of in- person and virtual via webcast.
Notice of Adoption of Department of Energy Categorical Exclusion Under the National Environmental Policy Act
Document Number: 2024-06051
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adopting two categorical exclusions (CEs) from the Department of Energy (DOE) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for drop-off, collection, and transfer facilities for recyclable materials and for installation or relocation of machinery and equipment, to use in EPA's programs and in funding opportunities administered by EPA. This notice describes the categories of proposed actions for which EPA intends to use DOE's CEs and describes the consultation between the agencies.
1,1-Dichloroethane (1,1-DCA); Draft Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Letter Peer Review; Request for Nominations of Expert Reviewers
Document Number: 2024-06049
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is seeking nominations of scientific and technical experts to review the draft risk evaluation for 1,1-dichloroethane (1,1-DCA) conducted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Agency will release the draft risk evaluation for public review and comment in spring of 2024 through a separate Federal Register document and subsequently will provide the selected peer reviewers with the draft risk evaluation for letter peer review in the summer of 2024.
Reissuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Low Threat Discharges in Navajo Nation
Document Number: 2024-05961
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9 is publishing this notice of availability of its final general NPDES permit (Permit No. NNG990001) for water discharges from facilities classified as low threat located in the Navajo Nation. Use of a general NPDES permit in the location described above allows EPA and dischargers to allocate resources in a more efficient manner, obtain timely permit coverage, and avoid issuing resource intensive individual permits to each facility, while simultaneously providing greater certainty and efficiency to the regulated community while ensuring consistent permit conditions for comparable facilities.
Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit Program Revision; West Virginia
Document Number: 2024-05894
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to West Virginia's Title V Operating Permits Program, submitted on behalf of the state by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP). There are three components to the revision: it restructures the Title V operating permit fees collected by WVDEP in order to ensure that the Title V operating program is adequately funded; it amends West Virginia's Title V regulations to comport with Federal permit review, public petition, and affirmative defense requirements; and removes obsolete transitional language. This action is being taken under section 502 of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-05931
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health- Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (EPA ICR Number. 1696.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0297) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 5, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 30 days for public comments.
Technical Documentation for the Framework for Evaluating Damages and Impacts (FrEDI); Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2024-05828
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On February 23, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a draft document titled, ``Technical Documentation for the Framework for Evaluating Damages and Impacts (FrEDI)'' (EPA 430-R- 24-001). The EPA is extending the comment period.
Executive Committee Under the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)-April 2024
Document Number: 2024-05840
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a virtual meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee (EC) to review and finalize the report from the Climate Change (CC) and the Social and Community Science (SCS) Subcommittees. The report responds to three charge questions posed to the Subcommittees at the BOSC informational meetings held in June 2023, which pertain to ORD's progress in the areas of social science research, climate science, and interdisciplinary place-based, community-engaged research.
Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives
Document Number: 2024-05088
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) proposes to revise regulations that allow for the open burning and detonation (OB/OD) of waste explosives. This allowance or ``variance'' to the prohibition on the open burning of hazardous waste was established at a time when there were no alternatives for the safe treatment of waste explosives. However, recent findings from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the EPA have identified safe alternatives which are potentially applicable to treat some energetic/explosive waste streams. Because there may be safe alternatives available and in use today that capture and treat emissions prior to release, regulations would be revised to describe specified procedures for the existing requirements to evaluate and implement alternative treatment technologies. These proposed revisions would reduce OB/OD of waste explosives and increase control of air emissions through improved implementation of existing requirements that facilities must evaluate and use safe and available alternative technologies in lieu of OB/OD.
Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Milwaukee Second 10-Year 2006 24-Hour PM2.5 Limited Maintenance Plan
Document Number: 2024-05783
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the limited maintenance plan (LMP) submitted on April 8, 2022, by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) for the Milwaukee-Racine maintenance area including Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Racine counties. The plan addresses the second 10-year maintenance period for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5). EPA is proposing to approve Wisconsin's LMP submission for Milwaukee-Racine because it provides for the maintenance of the 2006 PM2.5 national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) through the end of the second 10-year portion of the maintenance period. In addition, EPA is initiating the process to find the Milwaukee-Racine PM2.5 LMP adequate for transportation conformity purposes.
Release of Volumes 1 and 2 of the Integrated Review Plan for the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen
Document Number: 2024-05507
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On or about March 18, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available to the public Volumes 1 and 2 of the Integrated Review Plan for the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen (IRP). The national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for oxides of nitrogen are set to protect public health from nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in ambient air. Volume 1 of the IRP contains contextual background material for the current review of the air quality criteria and the primary NAAQS for oxides of nitrogen. Volume 2 identifies policy-relevant issues in the review and describes key considerations in the EPA's development of the Integrated Science Assessment (ISA). The ISA provides the scientific basis for the EPA's decisions, in conjunction with additional technical and policy assessments, for the review of the NAAQS, as described in sections 108 and 109 of the Clean Air Act.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs
Document Number: 2024-05677
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs'' (EPA ICR No.1613.08, OMB Control No. 2060- 0252) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 2024. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Notice of Tentative Approval and Opportunity for Public Comment and Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for Delaware
Document Number: 2024-05626
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice is hereby given that the State of Delaware is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Delaware has adopted drinking water regulations for the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproduct Rule. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that Delaware's Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproduct Rule meets all minimum Federal requirements, and that it is no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulation. Therefore, EPA has tentatively decided to approve the State program revisions.
Chlorpyrifos; Amendment to Existing Stocks Provisions in Adama Product Cancellation Orders
Document Number: 2024-05594
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On May 4, 2023 and November 6, 2023, EPA issued final cancellation orders terminating food uses for three products, which were voluntarily requested by Adama and accepted by the Agency, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The Agency is issuing this notice to amend the existing stocks provisions in the May 4, and November 6, 2023 orders, for the products listed in this document.
Pesticide Registration Review; Decisions for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability; Technical Correction
Document Number: 2024-05628
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In the Federal Register of March 7, 2024, EPA issued a notice to announce the availability of EPA's interim registration review decision for etofenprox, and the final registration review decision for acetominophen. That notice incorrectly included a DATES section that established a comment deadline of May 6, 2024. A comment period is not necessary or appropriate for that document because the decision announced in that document are final for the interim phase of the process for etofenprox and a final decision for acetominophen. This document corrects that document by reaffirming the nature of all the decisions announced in that document and by closing the comment period it incorrectly established.
Formaldehyde; Draft Risk Evaluation Peer Review by the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC); Notice of Availability, Public Meetings and Request for Comment
Document Number: 2024-05554
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or ``Agency'') is announcing the availability of and soliciting public comment on the 2024 draft risk evaluation for formaldehyde prepared under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The draft risk evaluation is available for public review and comment. It will also be submitted to the SACC for peer review. EPA is also announcing that there will be two virtual public meetings of the SACC. The SACC will consider and review the draft risk evaluation at a 4-day virtual peer review public meeting that will be held on May 20-23, 2024. In addition, a virtual preparatory public meeting will be held on May 7, 2024, for the SACC to consider the scope and clarity of the draft charge questions for the peer review.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2024-05555
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Withdrawal of Technical Amendment
Document Number: 2024-05448
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for a proposed rule published February 22, 2024.
Access to Confidential Business Information by ICF Inc and Its Subcontractors
Document Number: 2024-05488
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has authorized its contractor ICF Inc of 9300 Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22031, and its subcontractors to access information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI).
Air Plan Approval; OR; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period; Extension of the Comment Period
Document Number: 2024-05510
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rulemaking entitled ``Air Plan Approval; OR; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period'' that published in the Federal Register on February 23, 2024. The comment period is scheduled to close on March 25, 2024. However, in response to requests for additional time to develop and submit comments on the proposed rulemaking, the EPA is extending the comment period for an additional 30 days through April 24, 2024.
Second 10-Year Maintenance Plan for the 24-Hour PM10 Standards; Sacramento County Planning Area, California
Document Number: 2024-05260
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action under the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``Act'') to approve the ``Second 10-Year PM10 Maintenance Plan for Sacramento County'' (``Second 10-Year Maintenance Plan'' or ``Plan'') as a revision to the state implementation plan (SIP) for the State of California (``State''). The Second 10-Year Maintenance Plan includes, among other elements, a base year emissions inventory, a maintenance demonstration, contingency provisions, and motor vehicle emissions budgets (``budgets'') for use in transportation conformity determinations, to ensure the continued maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter of 10 microns or less (PM10). As part of this rulemaking, the EPA is finalizing its finding that the 2024, 2027, and 2033 motor vehicle emission budgets are adequate for use in transportation conformity.
Air Plan Revisions; California; Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District
Document Number: 2024-05259
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve state implementation plan (SIP) revisions to the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District (YSAQMD) portion of the California SIP. These revisions concern emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) from biomass boilers, and address reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements for major sources of NOX in the portion of the Sacramento Metro, CA, nonattainment area that is subject to YSAQMD jurisdiction.
Cloquintocet-mexyl in Pesticide Formulations; Tolerances for Residues
Document Number: 2024-05434
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation amends the tolerance expression for residues of the safener cloquintocet-mexyl (acetic acid, [(5-chloro-8- quinolinyl)oxy]-, 1-methylhexyl ester) (CAS Reg. No. 99607-70-2) and its acid metabolite (5-chloro-8-quinlinoxyacetic acid) by removing the active ingredients listed in the tolerance expression so that the safener can be used in any herbicide formulation applied to the listed commodities. Corteva Agriscience submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting the revision to the tolerance expression for residues of the safener cloquintocet- mexyl. There is no change to the numerical tolerances or the listed commodities.
Proposed Settlement Agreement, Petition for Writ of Mandamus
Document Number: 2024-05287
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-13
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice is given of a proposed settlement agreement to address a petition for writ of mandamus filed by the Ecology Center, the Center for Environmental Health, United Parents Against Lead & Other Environmental Hazards, and the Sierra Club (collectively, ``Petitioners'') in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Ecology Center, et al. v. U.S. EPA, No. 23-70158 (9th Cir.). Petitioners filed a petition for writ of mandamus on August 22, 2023, requesting that the Ninth Circuit direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ``conclude a rulemaking under [TSCA] regulating lead wheel weights within six months.'' The mandamus petition alleges that EPA's 14-year delay violated the APA's requirement that a Federal agency ``conclude a matter presented to it . . . within a reasonable time,'' and that the court has the authority to ``compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed.'' EPA is providing notice of this proposed settlement agreement, which would resolve all claims in the case by establishing deadlines for EPA to take final action.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Annual Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Document Number: 2024-05285
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-13
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Annual Public Water System Compliance Report'' (EPA ICR No. 1812.08, OMB Control No. 2020-0020) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 2024. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Document Number: 2024-05232
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to amend the Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries to reference a standard practice recently made available by ASTM International, a widely recognized standards development organization. Specifically, EPA is proposing to amend the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule to reference ASTM International's E2247- 23 ``Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process for Forestland or Rural Property'' and allow for its use to satisfy the requirements for conducting all appropriate inquiries under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. EPA is additionally proposing to remove after one year, from the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule, recognition of the previous version of that standard, ASTM E2247-16, as compliant with the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule.
South Carolina; Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Document Number: 2024-04942
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a Clean Air Act (CAA) plan submitted by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) on January 19, 2022. This State plan was submitted to fulfill the requirements of the CAA and is responsive to EPA's promulgation of Emissions Guidelines (EG) and Compliance Times for municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. The South Carolina State plan establishes performance standards and other operating requirements for existing MSW landfills and provides for the implementation and enforcement of those standards and requirements.
The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board: Request for Nominations
Document Number: 2024-05073
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites the public to nominate experts to be considered for a three-year appointment to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board (the ``Board''). Pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (the ``e-Manifest Act'' or the ``Act''), EPA has established the Board to provide practical and independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the activities, functions, policies, and regulations associated with the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest (e-Manifest) System. In accordance with the e-Manifest Act, the EPA Administrator or designee will serve as Chair of the Board. This notice solicits nominations for possible consideration of candidates to potentially fill a vacancy on the Board to serve as an information technology (IT) expert for a three-year appointment. EPA may also consider nominations received through this solicitation to fill any unanticipated future vacancies on the Board for the following positions including an industry representative member with experience in using or representing users of the manifest system; and a state representative member responsible for processing manifests.
Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Single Source Order for PAK Solutions
Document Number: 2024-05072
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New Hampshire. This revision establishes reasonable available control technology (RACT) requirements for PAK Solutions, LLC, located in Lancaster, New Hampshire. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act.
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