Environmental Protection Agency March 14, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Maine; 111(d)/129 Revised State Plan for Large Municipal Waste Combustors and State Plan for Small Municipal Waste Combustors
Document Number: 2023-05020
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-03-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the Clean Air Act (CAA) State Plan for Municipal Waste Combustor (MWC) units submitted by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP). This submission includes revisions to Maine's previously approved State Plan for existing Large MWCs in response to amended emission guidelines (EGs) for Large MWCs. This submission also includes a State Plan for existing Small MWCs. Maine DEP's State Plans for Large and Small MWCs implement and enforce provisions at least as protective as the EGs applicable to these subcategories of solid waste incinerators. This action is being taken in accordance with the CAA.
Bacteriophage Active Against Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae; Bacteriophage Active Against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina; Bacteriophage Active Against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis; and Bacteriophage Active Against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni; Exemptions From the Requirement of Tolerances
Document Number: 2023-05003
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-03-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Bacteriophage active against Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, Bacteriophage active against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina, Bacteriophage active against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis, and Bacteriophage active against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni, in or on all food commodities when used in accordance with label directions and good agricultural practices. OmniLytics, Inc. submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Bacteriophage active against Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, Bacteriophage active against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina, Bacteriophage active against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis, and Bacteriophage active against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni under FFDCA when used in accordance with this exemption.
Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Second Maintenance Plan for 1997 Ozone NAAQS; Jersey County Portion of St. Louis Missouri-Illinois Area
Document Number: 2023-05175
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-03-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve, as a revision to the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP), the state's plan for maintaining the 1997 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard) through 2032 in the St. Louis, MO- IL area. The original St. Louis nonattainment area for the 1997 ozone standard included Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties in Illinois and Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles and St. Louis Counties and St. Louis City in Missouri. The SIP submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on August 24, 2022, addresses the second maintenance plan required for Jersey County, Illinois.
Public Meetings of the Science Advisory Board Biosolids Panel
Document Number: 2023-05181
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-03-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing public meetings of the Science Advisory Board Biosolids Panel. The purpose of the meetings is to receive a briefing from EPA, review and discuss charge questions, and peer review the EPA's biosolid risk assessment framework.
BLB2 and AMR3 Proteins in Potato; Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Document Number: 2023-05246
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-03-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the BLB2 and AMR3 proteins in potato, when used as a plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) in accordance with the terms of Experimental Use Permit (EUP) No. 8971- EUP-3. J.R. Simplot Company submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting the temporary tolerance exemption. This regulation eliminates the need under FFDCA to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of BLB2 and AMR3 proteins. The temporary tolerance exemption expires on March 31, 2024.
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