Environmental Protection Agency August 25, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Order Denying Petition To Set Aside Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order
Document Number: 2020-18649
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations and the Clean Water Act (``CWA or ``Act''), notice is hereby given that an Order Denying Petition to Set Aside Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order has been issued in the matter styled as In the Matter of Jerry O'Bryan, Curdsville, Kentucky, Docket No. CWA-04-2018-5501(b). This document serves to notify the public of the denial of the Petition to Set Aside Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order filed in the matter and explain the reasons for such denial.
Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Uses (July 2020)
Document Number: 2020-18600
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has received applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to comment on these applications.
Coumaphos; Revised Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2020-18598
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability of and solicits public comment on EPA's revised proposed interim registration review decision for coumaphos.
Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amendments To Terminate Uses
Document Number: 2020-18596
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a February 4, 2020 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II to voluntarily cancel and amend to terminate uses of these product registrations. In the February 4, 2020 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrant for 1007-99, 1007-100 and 1007-1001 did withdraw their requests to cancel these product registrations; therefore, these product registrations have been removed from this notice. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
Information Collection Request Submittal to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2020 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (New)
Document Number: 2020-18568
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), 2020 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (EPA ICR Number 2616.01, OMB Control Number 2040-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request to reinstate a previously discontinued collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 5, 2020, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given in this document, including the ICR's estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC); Notice of Virtual Public Meeting
Document Number: 2020-18398
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a virtual, open, public meeting of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) on September 10-11, 2020, with remote participation only. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.
Pilot Mountain Superfund Site; Notice of Settlement
Document Number: 2020-18386
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to enter into a Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs with New River Tire Recycling, LLC, concerning the Pilot Mountain Superfund Site located in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. The settlement addresses recovery of CERCLA costs for a cleanup action performed by the EPA at the Site.
Revocation of Significant New Use Rule for a Certain Chemical Substance (P-16-581)
Document Number: 2020-17202
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is revoking the significant new use rule (SNUR) issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for the chemical substance identified generically as alpha 1-, 3-polysaccharide, which was the subject of premanufacture notice (PMN) P-16-581. EPA issued a SNUR based on this PMN which designated certain activities as significant new uses. EPA is revoking the SNUR based on new test data for the chemical substance.
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (20-8.B)
Document Number: 2020-17200
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances which are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). This action would require persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this proposed rule. This action would further require that persons not commence manufacture or processing for the significant new use until they have submitted a Significant New Use Notice (SNUN), and EPA has conducted a review of the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice, and has taken any risk management actions as are required as a result of that determination.
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