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Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Colorado
Document Number: 2010-28497
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.13, public notice is hereby given that the State of Colorado has revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Primacy Program by adopting Federal regulations for the Lead and Copper Rule Short Term Regulatory Revisions which correspond to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) in 40 CFR part 141 and 142. The EPA has completed its review of these revisions in accordance with SDWA, and proposes to approve Colorado's primacy revisions for the above stated Rules. Today's approval action does not extend to public water systems in Indian country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. Please see Supplementary Information, Item B.
Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2010-28503
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of South Dakota
Document Number: 2010-28502
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.13, public notice is hereby given that the State of South Dakota has revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Primacy Program by adopting federal regulations for the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Stage 2 Disinfection By-Product Rule, Groundwater Rule, and the Lead and Copper Short Term Regulatory Revisions which correspond to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) in 40 CFR part 141 and 142. The EPA has completed its review of these revisions in accordance with the SDWA, and proposes to approve South Dakota's primacy revisions for the above stated Rules. Today's approval action does not extend to public water systems in Indian country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. Please see Supplementary Information, Item B.
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of North Dakota
Document Number: 2010-28501
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.13, public notice is hereby given that the State of North Dakota has revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Primacy Program by adopting federal regulations for the Groundwater Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and Stage 2 Disinfection By-Product Rule which correspond to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) in 40 CFR Part 141 and 142. The EPA has completed its review of these revisions in accordance with the SDWA, and proposes to approve North Dakota's primacy revisions for the above stated Rules. Today's approval action does not extend to public water systems in Indian country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. Please see Supplementary Information, Item B.
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Montana
Document Number: 2010-28500
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.13, public notice is hereby given that the State of Montana has revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Primacy Program by adopting federal regulations for the Lead and Copper Rule Short Term Regulatory Revisions which correspond to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) in 40 CFR part 141 and 142. The EPA has completed its review of these revisions in accordance with the SDWA and proposes to approve Montana's primacy revisions for the above stated Rule. Today's approval action does not extend to public water systems in Indian country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, Item B.
Isoxaben; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: 2010-28499
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of isoxaben in or on almond, hulls; grape; nut, tree, group 14; and pistachio. Dow AgroSciences requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Source Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Implementing Best Available Retrofit Technology for Four Corners Power Plant: Navajo Nation
Document Number: 2010-28498
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On October 6, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a proposal to promulgate a source specific Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) requiring the Four Corners Power Plant (FCPP), located on the Navajo Nation, to achieve emissions reductions required by the Clean Air Act's Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) provision. The proposal was published in the Federal Register on October 19, 2010 (75 FR 64221). Given the significant public interest in this source specific FIP and to further public participation opportunities, EPA has scheduled three open houses and public hearings. These open houses and public hearings will occur in Shiprock, New Mexico on December 7, 2010, Farmington, New Mexico on December 8, 2010, and Durango, Colorado on December 9, 2010. More information on the locations is provided in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Change of Addresses for Submission of Certain Reports; Technical Correction
Document Number: 2010-28134
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is updating and correcting the addresses for both the EPA Region IX office and the EPA Region IX State and local agencies in certain EPA regulations related to air pollution, small businesses, chemical imports and exports, and asbestos. These regulations require submittal of notifications, reports and other documents to the applicable EPA regional office and, in some case, to the applicable State or local agency. The jurisdiction of EPA Region IX covers the States of Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada; the territories of American Samoa and Guam; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the territories of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Islands; and certain U.S. Government activities in the freely associated states of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. This technical amendment updates and corrects the addresses for submitting such information to the EPA Region IX office and the applicable State and local agency offices.
Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
Document Number: 2010-28384
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be held December 2 and 3, 2010 at the Westin City Center, 1400 M Street, NW., Washington, DC. The CHPAC was created to advise the Environmental Protection Agency on science, regulations, and other issues relating to children's environmental health.
Extension of the Period for Preparation of the Clean Water Act Section 404(c) Final Determination and Consultation Concerning the Spruce No. 1 Mine, Logan County, WV
Document Number: 2010-28383
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On September 24, 2010, the EPA Region III Regional Administrator signed a Recommended Determination, under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act, recommending withdrawal of the specification embodied in DA Permit No. 199800436-3 (Section 10: Coal River) of Pigeonroost Branch and Oldhouse Branch as disposal sites for discharges of dredged and/or fill material associated with construction of the Spruce No. 1 Surface Mine in Logan County, West Virginia. The transmission of the Recommended Determination to EPA Headquarters initiated a 60-day period for the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water to review the recommendation of the Regional Administrator. As part of this review period, EPA has also notified the Department of the Army, the State of West Virginia, Arch Coal, Inc. (the permittee), and the landowners of record as to the Recommended Determination, and has notified these groups that they have 15 days in which to notify the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water of their intent to take corrective action to prevent the unacceptable adverse impacts to wildlife detailed in the recommendation. In response, attorneys for the permittee have requested a 30-day extension of this consultation period, to November 29, 2010, in order to review the Recommended Determination and associated technical appendices. Provided in 40 CFR 231.8, EPA may, upon showing of good cause, extend the time requirements in the 404(c) regulations. In this case, EPA believes it is appropriate to grant the permittee's request for a 30-day extension to the consultation process. This extension will provide additional time to evaluate any corrective actions proposed by the permittee, or other participants in the consultation process described in 40 CFR 231.6, that would prevent the likely unacceptable adverse effects described in the Recommended Determination. The consultation process will therefore expire on November 29, 2010. As described above, EPA's 404(c) regulations provide that the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water shall issue a Final Determination within 60 days of receiving the Regional Administrator's Recommended Determination. This 60-day period is scheduled to expire on November 23, 2010. EPA may extend this deadline upon a showing of good cause. EPA believes that good cause exists to extend this deadline in order to complete the Final Determination by February 22, 2011. This extension will permit the Office of Water to more closely evaluate Region III's Recommended Determination and the administrative record, which includes more than 50,000 public comments. It will also enable more careful consideration of any new information that arises during the consultation process undertaken pursuant to 40 CFR 231.6, as described above. Finally, this date is consistent with an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on November 2, granting a continued stay in litigation over the Spruce 1 permit until February 22, 2011.
Draft Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Document Number: 2010-28382
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA published a 60-day public comment period on September 30, 2010 (75 FR 60454) for the external review draft human health assessment titled, ``Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' EPA/635/R-10/004C. We are extending the public comment period 30 days at the request of the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The draft assessment was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD). EPA released this draft assessment solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This draft assessment has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. After public review and comment, an EPA contractor will convene an expert panel for independent external peer review of this draft assessment. The public comment period and external peer review meeting are separate processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the assessment. The external peer review meeting will be scheduled at a later date and announced in the Federal Register. Public comments submitted during the public comment period will be provided to the external peer reviewers before the panel meeting and considered by EPA in the disposition of public comments. Public comments received after the public comment period closes will not be submitted to the external peer reviewers and will only be considered by EPA if time permits.
Draft Toxicological Review of Urea: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Document Number: 2010-28381
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is announcing that Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peer review meeting to review the draft human health assessment titled, ``Toxicological Review of Urea: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/635/R-10/005). The draft assessment was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA Office of Research and Development. On September 28 EPA released this draft assessment [75 FR 59716] solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This draft assessment has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. Versar, Inc. invites the public to register to attend this workshop as observers. In addition, Versar, Inc. invites the public to give brief oral comments and/or provide written comments at the workshop regarding the draft assessment under review. Time is limited, and reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. In preparing a final report, EPA will consider Versar, Inc.'s report of the comments and recommendations from the external peer review workshop and any written public comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice.
Workshop To Review Draft Materials for the Lead (Pb) Integrated Science Assessment (ISA)
Document Number: 2010-28380
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
As part of the review of the air quality criteria and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Lead (Pb), EPA is announcing that a workshop to evaluate initial draft materials for the Pb Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) is being organized by EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the Office of Research and Development. The workshop will be held on December 2 and 3, 2010 in Research Triangle Park, NC and will be open to attendance by interested public observers on a first-come first-serve basis up to the limits of available space.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public Meeting of the SAB Lead Review Panel
Document Number: 2010-28379
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB Lead Review Panel to peer review two draft EPA documents entitled Approach for Developing Lead Dust Hazard Standards for Residences and Approach for Developing Lead Dust Hazard Standards for Public and Commercial Buildings.
Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
Document Number: 2010-28262
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been cancelled only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
Notice of Data Availability Regarding Potential Changes to Required Ozone Monitoring Seasons for Colorado, Kansas, and Utah
Document Number: 2010-28259
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is providing notice that it is supplementing the record to the Proposed RuleAmbient Ozone Monitoring Regulations: Revisions to Network Design Requirements, published July 16, 2009. The EPA has placed in the docket for the Proposed RuleAmbient Ozone Monitoring Regulations: Revisions to Network Design Requirements (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0338) additional ambient ozone monitoring data for the period January 1, 2007, through April 30, 2010, for the states of Colorado, Kansas, and Utah that cover time periods outside of the current required ozone monitoring seasons. The data for these states consist of daily maximum 8-hour ozone concentrations. These data have become available since original analyses were completed for the proposal, which relied on ambient data covering the period 2004-2006. EPA is specifically considering how these more recent data could impact changes to the current and proposed required ozone monitoring seasons for Colorado, Kansas, and Utah.
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District
Document Number: 2010-28257
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District (ICAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions were proposed in the Federal Register on May 19, 2010 and concern particulate matter (PM) emissions from beef feedlots. We are approving a local rule that regulates these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).
Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
Document Number: 2010-28141
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been canceled only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
Endosulfan: Final Product Cancellation Order
Document Number: 2010-28138
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency of pesticide products containing endosulfan, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows an August 18, 2010, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the endosulfan registrants to voluntarily cancel their product registrations. In the August 18, 2010, notice, EPA indicated that it would grant the request and issue a cancellation order unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency received three comments on the notice in support of the cancellations of all endosulfan products, which included signatures from over 53,000 individuals. Upon review of these comments, EPA determined that the Agency should, nonetheless, grant the registrants' cancellation requests. The registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any FIFRA section 3 or 24(c) registration, distribution, sale, or use of endosulfan products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Excess Emissions During Startup, Shutdown, Maintenance, and Malfunction Activities
Document Number: 2010-28135
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is finalizing its proposal to partially approve and partially disapprove a revision to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in a letter dated January 23, 2006 (the January 23, 2006 SIP submittal). Today's action finalizes our May 13, 2010 proposal that concerned revisions to 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 101, General Air Quality Rules, Subchapter A General Rules; and Subchapter F Emissions Events and Scheduled Maintenance, Startup, and Shutdown Activities. We are finalizing our proposed approval of those portions of the rule that are consistent with the federal Clean Air Act (the Act or CAA), and finalizing our proposed disapproval of those portions of the rule that are inconsistent with the Act. More specifically, we are finalizing our proposed disapproval of provisions that provide for an affirmative defense against civil penalties for excess emissions during planned maintenance, startup, or shutdown activities and related provisions that contain nonseverable cross-references to the affirmative defense provision. A disapproval of these provisions means that an affirmative defense is not available in an enforcement action in Federal court to enforce the SIP for violations due to excess emissions during planned maintenance, startup, or shutdown activities. We are taking this action under section 110 of the Act.
Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: 2010-28132
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of flumioxazin in or on the commodity fish, freshwater. Valent U.S.A. Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades
Document Number: 2010-28375
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is announcing the availability of, and soliciting public comments for 30 days, on voluntary Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades, in conjunction with the availability of the Department of Energy (DOE) Workforce Guidelines for Home Energy. The EPA protocols are intended for voluntary adoption by weatherization assistance programs, Federally funded housing programs, private sector home performance contracting organizations, and others working on residential retrofit or remodeling efforts.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products (Renewal)
Document Number: 2010-28266
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2011. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council)
Document Number: 2010-28265
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council). The Council will discuss and finalize its draft advisory document on the EPA Office of Air and Radiation's Second Section 812 Prospective Analysis of the benefits and costs of the Clean Air Act.
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of List Decisions
Document Number: 2010-28263
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This action announces the availability of EPA decisions identifying water quality limited segments and associated pollutants in California to be listed pursuant to Clean Water Act section 303(d)(2), and requests public comment. Section 303(d)(2) requires that States submit and EPA approve or disapprove lists of waters for which existing technology-based pollution controls are not stringent enough to attain or maintain State water quality standards and for which total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) must be prepared. On November 9, 2010, EPA approved California's 2008-2010 submitted 303(d) list of impaired waters and associated pollutants and disapproved California's decisions not to list several water quality limited segments as impaired and additional associated pollutants for several others. EPA identified these additional water bodies and pollutants for inclusion on the State's 2008-2010 section 303(d) list. The waterbodies and associated pollutants are identified in Table 1 of the decision document available at the Web site link provided below. EPA is providing the public the opportunity to review its decisions to add waters and pollutants to California's 2008-2010 section 303(d) list, as required by EPA's Public Participation regulations. EPA will consider public comments received, and may revise its decision if appropriate. EPA solicits public comment only on the additional waters and associated pollutants for inclusion on California's 2008-2010 Section 303(d) list.
Ore Knob Mine Superfund Site; Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina; Notice of Settlement
Document Number: 2010-28260
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency has entered into a settlement for reimbursement of past response costs concerning the Ore Knobe Mine Superfund Site located in Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina for publication.
Approval of One-Year Extension for Attaining the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard for the Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania Portions of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Moderate Nonattainment Area
Document Number: 2010-28256
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to extend the attainment date from June 15, 2010 to June 15, 2011 for the Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania portions of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City nonattainment area (Philadelphia Area), which is classified as moderate for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). This extension is based in part on air quality data recorded during the 2009 ozone season. Specifically, the Philadelphia Area's 4th highest daily 8-hour monitored ozone value during the 2009 ozone season is 0.084 parts per million (ppm) or less. Accordingly, EPA is revising the tables concerning the 8-hour ozone attainment dates for the Philadelphia Area in the States of Delaware and Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. EPA is proposing to approve the extension of the attainment date for the Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania portions of the Philadelphia Area in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA is proposing to approve the extension of the attainment date for the New Jersey portion of the Philadelphia Area in a separate rulemaking in this Federal Register.
Approval and Promulgation of One-Year Extension for Attaining the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard for the New Jersey Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Moderate Nonattainment Area
Document Number: 2010-28254
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under the Clean Air Act, EPA is proposing to approve an extension from June 15, 2010 to June 15, 2011 of the applicable attainment date for the New Jersey portion of the Philadelphia- Wilmington-Atlantic City 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (Philadelphia Area), which is classified as moderate nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). This proposed extension is based in part on complete, quality-assured air quality data recorded during the 2009 ozone season. In accordance with requirements for a 1-year extension, the Philadelphia Area's 4th highest daily 8-hour monitored ozone value during the 2009 ozone season at each monitor in the area is less than 0.084 parts per million (ppm). If EPA finalizes this proposed approval of the attainment date extension, EPA will revise the table with regard to the 8-hour ozone attainment dates for the New Jersey portion of the Philadelphia Area.
Approval and Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Colorado; Revision to Definitions; Construction Permit Program; Regulation 3
Document Number: 2010-28133
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Colorado on June 20, 2003 and April 12, 2004. The intended effect of this proposal is to approve those portions of the revisions to Colorado's Regulation 3 that place restrictions on increment consumption, add innovative control technology as an alternative to BACT requirements and make other changes as described in more detail below. In addition, EPA proposes to disapprove those portions of the rule revisions that EPA determined are inconsistent with the Clean Air Act (CAA), including provisions relating to pollution control projects. This action is being taken under section 110 of the CAA.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, NM; Interstate Transport of Pollution
Document Number: 2010-28003
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is approving a revision to the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, New Mexico State Implementation Plan (SIP) to address the ``good neighbor'' provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 110(a)(2)(D)(i), for the 1997 ozone and the 1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) as it applies to Albuquerque/Bernalillo County. The revision addresses one element of CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i), which pertains to prohibiting air pollutant emissions from within a state to significantly contribute to nonattainment of the ozone and PM2.5 NAAQS in any state. The Albuquerque/Bernalillo Air Quality Control Board (AQCB) is responsible for the portion of the New Mexico SIP that applies in Bernalillo County, which encompasses the City of Albuquerque. This rulemaking action is being taken under section 110 of the CAA.
Revisions To In-Use Testing for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Vehicles; Emissions Measurement and Instrumentation; Not-to-Exceed Emission Standards; and Technical Amendments for Off-Highway Engines
Document Number: 2010-27894
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This NPRM proposes to make several revisions to EPA's mobile source emission programs and test procedures. EPA believes that each of these is minor and non-controversial in nature. Most of the proposed changes arise from the results of the collaborative test program and related technical work we conducted for the highway heavy-duty diesel in-use testing program. Most noteworthy here is the proposal to adopt a particulate matter measurement allowance for use with portable emission measurement systems. Related to this are two provisions to align the in-use program timing requirements with completion of the program as required in current regulations and the incorporation of revisions to a few technical requirements in the testing regulations based on information learned in this and one other test program. Finally, the NPRM proposes to modify a few transitional flexibilities for locomotive, recreational marine, and Tier 4 nonroad engines and incorporates a handful of minor corrections.
Revisions to In-Use Testing for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Vehicles; Emissions Measurement and Instrumentation; Not-to-Exceed Emission Standards; and Technical Amendments for Off-Highway Engines
Document Number: 2010-27892
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is taking direct final action on several revisions to EPA's mobile source emission programs standards and test procedures. EPA believes that each of these is minor and non-controversial in nature. Most of the changes arise from the results of the collaborative test program and related technical work we conducted for the highway heavy-duty diesel in-use testing program. Most noteworthy here is the adoption of a particulate matter measurement allowance for use with portable emission measurement systems. Related to this are two provisions to align the in-use program timing requirements with completion of the program as required in current regulations and the incorporation of revisions to a few technical requirements in the testing regulations based on information learned in this and one other test program. Finally, the DFR modifies a few transitional flexibilities for locomotive, recreational marine, and Tier 4 nonroad engines and incorporates a handful of minor corrections.
Proposed Rule Staying Numeric Limitation for the Construction and Development Point Source Category
Document Number: 2010-28034
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to stay the numeric effluent limitation of 280 NTU and associated monitoring requirements for the Construction and Development Point Source Category. This action is necessary so that EPA can reconsider the record basis for calculating the numeric effluent limitation. EPA plans to take final action to recalculate the numeric effluent limitation by June 29, 2011. EPA proposes to stay the 280 NTU limit and associated monitoring requirements until it takes final action to recalculate the numeric limitation.
Direct Final Rule Staying Numeric Limitation for the Construction and Development Point Source Category
Document Number: 2010-28033
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is taking direct final action to stay the numeric effluent limitation of 280 NTU and associated monitoring requirements for the Construction and Development Point Source Category. This action is necessary so that EPA can reconsider the record basis for calculating the numeric effluent limitation. EPA expects to move expeditiously with its reconsideration, and will remove the stay when such reconsideration is completed.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; North Carolina: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revision
Document Number: 2010-28031
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve a draft revision to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the State of North Carolina, through the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (NC DENR) Division of Air Quality, to EPA on August 11, 2010, for parallel processing. The proposed SIP revision establishes new provisions specific to greenhouse gas (GHG) for North Carolina's New Source Review (NSR) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. Specifically, the proposed SIP revision establishes appropriate emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and modification projects become subject to North Carolina's PSD permitting requirements for their GHG emissions. North Carolina's August 11, 2010, SIP revision is necessary because without it, on January 2, 2011, PSD requirements would apply at the 100 or 250 tons per year (tpy) levels provided under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), which would overwhelm North Carolina's permitting resources. EPA is proposing approval of North Carolina's August 11, 2010, SIP revision relating to PSD requirements for GHG-emitting sources because the Agency has made the preliminary determination that this SIP revision is in accordance with the CAA and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs.
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan
Document Number: 2010-28019
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern oxides of nitrogen (NOX), carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of sulfur (SO2) and particulate matter emissions from boilers, steam generators and process heaters greater than 5.0 MMbtu/hour. We are approving a local rule that regulates these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2010-28018
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Kentucky: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Permitting Authority and Tailoring Rule Revision
Document Number: 2010-28017
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve a draft revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by Kentucky's Energy and Environment Cabinet, through the Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ), to EPA on August 5, 2010, for parallel processing. The proposed SIP revision makes two changes impacting the Commonwealth of Kentucky's New Source Review (NSR) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. First, the proposed revision provides the Commonwealth of Kentucky with authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) under its PSD program. Second, the proposed SIP revision establishes appropriate emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and modification projects become subject to Kentucky's PSD permitting requirements for their GHG emissions. The first component of the proposed revision is necessary because the Commonwealth of Kentucky is required to apply its PSD program to GHG-emitting sources, and unless it does so (or unless EPA promulgates a Federal implementation plan (FIP) to do so), such sources will be unable to receive preconstruction permits and therefore may not be able to construct or modify. The second component is necessary because without it, on January 2, 2011, PSD requirements would apply at the 100 or 250 tons per year (tpy) levels provided under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), which would overwhelm Kentucky's permitting resources. EPA is proposing approval of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's August 5, 2010, SIP revision relating to PSD requirements for GHG-emitting sources because the Agency has made the preliminary determination that this SIP revision is in accordance with the CAA and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs.
Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses
Document Number: 2010-28016
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to Chapters 39, 55, and 116 Which Relate to Public Participation on Permits for New and Modified Sources; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule
Document Number: 2010-28013
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is withdrawing our proposed limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Texas state implementation plan (SIP), which relate to public participation for air permits for new and modified sources, because the subject SIP revisions are no longer before us for review. On November 26, 2008 (73 FR 72003) EPA proposed limited approval and limited disapproval. In response to our proposed limited approval and limited disapproval, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or the Commission) adopted new regulations governing public participation for air permits and submitted these regulations to EPA as revisions to the SIP in a letter dated July 2, 2010. Also at this time, TCEQ withdrew from consideration the previously submitted revisions to the Texas SIP concerning public participation for air permits that were the subject of our November 26, 2008, proposed limited approval and limited disapproval. Consequently, the State's July 2, 2010 action also withdraws from EPA's review the public participation component of the May 21, 2009, Settlement Agreement (as modified on February 12, 2010) between EPA and the BCCA Appeal Group, Texas Association of Business, and Texas Oil and Gas Association (Settlement Agreement).
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Alabama: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revision
Document Number: 2010-28010
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve a draft revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by Alabama, through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), to EPA on August 17, 2010, for parallel processing. The proposed SIP revision modifies Alabama's New Source Review (NSR) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. Specifically, the proposed SIP revision establishes appropriate emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and modification projects become subject to Alabama's PSD permitting requirements for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Alabama's August 17, 2010, SIP revision is necessary because without it, on January 2, 2011, PSD requirements would apply at the 100 or 250 tons per year (tpy) levels provided under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), which would overwhelm Alabama's permitting resources. EPA is proposing approval of Alabama's August 17, 2010, SIP revision relating to PSD requirements for GHG-emitting sources because the Agency has made the preliminary determination that this SIP revision is in accordance with the CAA and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Tennessee: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revision
Document Number: 2010-28009
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve a draft revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by Tennessee, through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), Air Pollution Control Division, to EPA on August 30, 2010, for parallel processing. The proposed SIP revision modifies Tennessee's New Source Review (NSR) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. Specifically, the proposed SIP revision establishes appropriate emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and modification projects become subject to Tennessee's PSD permitting requirements for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Tennessee's August 30, 2010, SIP revision is necessary because without it, on January 2, 2011, PSD requirements would apply at the 100 or 250 tons per year (tpy) levels provided under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), which would overwhelm Tennessee's permitting resources. EPA is proposing approval of Tennessee's August 30, 2010, SIP revision relating to PSD requirements for GHG-emitting sources because the Agency has made the preliminary determination that this SIP revision is in accordance with the CAA and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs.
Modification of Significant New Uses of 2-Propen-1-one, 1-(4-morpholinyl)-
Document Number: 2010-28006
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is proposing to amend the significant new use rule (SNUR) for 2-Propen-1- one, 1-(4-morpholinyl)- (CAS No. 5117-12-4) to allow certain uses without requiring a significant new use notice (SNUN). EPA is proposing this amendment based on review of new toxicity test data and receipt of a SNUN for this chemical substance. The proposed amended SNUR would continue to require a SNUN for new uses that may involve significant changes in human exposure.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Mississippi: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revision
Document Number: 2010-28005
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve a portion of a draft revision to the Mississippi State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the State of Mississippi, through the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), to EPA on September 14, 2010, for parallel processing. The proposed SIP revision modifies Mississippi's New Source Review (NSR) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. Specifically, the proposed SIP revision establishes appropriate emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and modification projects become subject to Mississippi's PSD permitting requirements for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Mississippi's September 14, 2010, SIP revision is necessary because without it, on January 2, 2011, PSD requirements would apply at the 100 or 250 tons per year (tpy) levels provided under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), which would overwhelm Mississippi's permitting resources. EPA is proposing approval of Mississippi's September 14, 2010, SIP revision relating to PSD requirements for GHG-emitting sources because the Agency has made the preliminary determination that this SIP revision is in accordance with the CAA and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs.
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage Sludge Incineration Units; Correction
Document Number: 2010-28002
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This action clarifies certain text of the proposed rules titled ``Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage Sludge Incineration Units.'' The proposed rules were published in the Federal Register on October 14, 2010. The action proposes how EPA will address Clean Air Act requirements to establish new source performance standards for new units and emission guidelines for existing units for specific categories of solid waste incineration units.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; 2002 Base Year Emission Inventory, Reasonable Further Progress Plan, Contingency Measures, Reasonably Available Control Measures, and Transportation Conformity Budgets for the Pennsylvania Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 1997 8-Hour Moderate Ozone Nonattainment Area
Document Number: 2010-28001
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP) to meet the 2002 base year emissions inventory, the reasonable further progress (RFP) plan, RFP contingency measure, and reasonably available control measure (RACM) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-MD-DE moderate 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment area. EPA is also proposing to approve the 2008 transportation conformity motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) associated with the reasonable further progress portion of these revisions. EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revisions because they satisfy the emission inventory, RFP, RACM, RFP contingency measures, and transportation conformity requirements for areas classified as moderate nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) and demonstrates further progress in reducing ozone precursors. EPA is proposing to approve the SIP revision, pursuant to section 110 and part D of the CAA and EPA's regulations.
Flubendiamide; Pesticide Tolerances; Technical Correction
Document Number: 2010-27998
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of August 18, 2010, concerning the establishment, reassessment, modification and revoking of tolerances for residues of flubendiamide, in or on multiple food and livestock commodities. This document is being issued to correct typographical errors in the referenced rule, specifically, to revise incorrect tolerance values for the established tolerances for corn, field, grain; corn, field, stover; corn, sweet, stover; and cotton gin byproducts.
Pesticides; Satisfaction of Data Requirements; Procedures To Ensure Protection of Data Submitters' Rights
Document Number: 2010-27906
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-11-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA proposes to revise its regulations governing procedures for the satisfaction of data requirements under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). These provisions include, among other things, procedures for the protection of exclusive use and data compensation rights of data submitters. The proposed revisions would update the regulations, which have not been revised since issuance in 1984, to accommodate statutory and procedural changes that have occurred since that time. The revisions would also make minor changes to clarify the regulations. The revisions would simplify the procedures and reduce burdens for certain data submitters.
Notice of Availability of Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permits for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
Document Number: 2010-27904
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-04
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Director of the Office of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection Agency-Region 1 (EPA), is issuing this Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES general permits for discharges from small MS4s to certain waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These draft NPDES general permits establish Notice of Intent (NOI) requirements, prohibitions, and management practices for stormwater discharges from small MS4s. EPA is proposing to issue three general permits. Throughout this document the terms ``this permit'' and ``the permit'' will refer to all three general permits. Owner and/or operators of small MS4s that discharge stormwater will be required to submit a NOI to EPA-Region 1 to be covered by the general permit. Following a review and public notice of the NOI, MS4s will receive a written notification from EPA regarding permit coverage and authorization to discharge under the general permit. The eligibility requirements are discussed in the draft permit. The small MS4 must meet the eligibility requirements of the permit prior to the submission of the NOI. The draft general permit, appendices, and fact sheet are available at: https://www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/stormwater.
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP); Announcing the Availability of a Draft for Weight-of-Evidence Guidance Document: Evaluating Results of EDSP Tier 1 Screening To Identify Candidate Chemicals for Tier 2 Testing
Document Number: 2010-27897
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-11-04
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is announcing the availability for public review and comment of a draft guidance document titled, ``Weight-of-Evidence Guidance Document: Evaluating Results of EDSP Tier 1 Screening to Identify Candidate Chemicals for Tier 2 Testing.'' This action is in compliance with a directive from the House Appropriations Committee FY 2010 Report directing the EPA to develop and publish criteria by October 30, 2010, for evaluating results of Tier 1 screening and determining whether a chemical should undergo Tier 2 analysis. The purpose of the weight-of-evidence (WoE) document is to set forth some of the general principles, criteria, and considerations EPA generally believes to be relevant under a WoE approach for evaluating data submitted as part of EPA's two-tiered paradigm for screening and testing chemicals for endocrine activity (i.e., estrogen, androgen, and thyroid hormonal systems; E, A, and T) under the EDSP. This document provides a transparent scientific approach for broadly evaluating Tier 1 screening data to detect an interaction with E, A, and/or T hormonal systems and determine if additional Tier 2 testing is necessary.
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