Environmental Protection Agency March 20, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives
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.
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)
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
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
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.
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