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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-05049
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0318.14, OMB Control No. 2040-0050) 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 renewal of the ICR. 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.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-05080
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination'' (EPA ICR No. 0559.15, OMB Control No. 2080-0005) 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 December 31, 2024. This notice allow for 60 days for public comments.
Environmental Financial Advisory Board Charter Renewal
Document Number: 2024-05047
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Charter for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will be renewed for an additional two-year period, as a necessary committee which is in the public interest, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the EFAB is to provide advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues associated with environmental financing. It is determined that the EFAB is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the agency by law.
Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention
Document Number: 2024-04458
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations as a result of Agency review. The revisions include several changes and amplifications to the accident prevention program requirements, enhancements to the emergency preparedness requirements, improvements to the public availability of chemical hazard information, and several other changes to certain regulatory definitions or points of clarification. As major and other serious and concerning RMP accidents continue to occur, the record shows and EPA believes that this final rule will help further protect human health and the environment from chemical hazards through advancement of process safety based on lessons learned. These amendments seek to improve chemical process safety; assist in planning, preparedness, and response to Risk Management Program-reportable accidents; and improve public awareness of chemical hazards at regulated sources. While many of the provisions of this final rule reinforce each other, it is EPA's intent that each one is merited on its own, and thus severable.
Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review
Document Number: X24-10308
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing multiple actions to reduce air pollution emissions from the Crude Oil and Natural Gas source category. First, the EPA is finalizing revisions to the new source performance standards (NSPS) regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions for the Crude Oil and Natural Gas source category pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA). Second, the EPA is finalizing emission guidelines (EG) under the CAA for states to follow in developing, submitting, and implementing state plans to establish performance standards to limit GHG emissions from existing sources (designated facilities) in the Crude Oil and Natural Gas source category. Third, the EPA is finalizing several related actions stemming from the joint resolution of Congress, adopted on June 30, 2021, under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), disapproving the EPA's final rule titled, ``Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review,'' September 14, 2020 (``2020 Policy Rule''). Fourth, the EPA is finalizing a protocol under the general provisions for optical gas imaging (OGI).
Determination To Defer Sanctions; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District
Document Number: 2024-04921
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making an interim final determination that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has submitted a revised rule on behalf of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) that corrects deficiencies in its Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) state implementation plan (SIP) provisions concerning ozone nonattainment requirements for controlling volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) from refinery flares. This determination is based on a proposed approval, published elsewhere in this Federal Register, of SCAQMD Rule 1118 regulating that source category. The effect of this interim final determination is that the imposition of sanctions that were triggered by a previous disapproval by the EPA in 2022 is now deferred. If the EPA finalizes its approval of SCAQMD's submission, relief from these sanctions will become permanent.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; General Performance Reporting for Assistance Programs
Document Number: 2024-04875
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), General Performance Reporting for Assistance Programs (EPA ICR Number 2802.01, OMB Control Number 2090-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, 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 document allows 60 days for public comments.
Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Decisions for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2024-04873
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed interim decisions for the following pesticides: acrolein and oxyfluorfen. The notice also announces the availability of EPA's proposed registration review decision for demiditraz. EPA is opening a 60-day public comment period for these proposed interim and proposed registration review decisions.
Air Plan Approval; KY; 2015 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment New Source Review Permit Program Requirements and Rule Revision for Jefferson County
Document Number: 2024-04782
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the Jefferson County portion of the Kentucky State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (Cabinet) on June 13, 2022. The changes were submitted by the Cabinet on behalf of the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (District, also referred to herein as Jefferson County). EPA is approving changes to the District's rules on the construction or modification of major stationary sources that are located within nonattainment areas or that have emissions impacting nonattainment areas. EPA also is approving the certification submitted by Kentucky on behalf of the District that the new version of the Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) permitting regulations for incorporation into the Jefferson County portion of the Kentucky SIP meets the NNSR nonattainment planning requirements for the 2015 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The certification covers the Jefferson County portion of the Louisville, Kentucky-Indiana multi-state nonattainment area for the 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS. This action is pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and its implementing regulations.
National Priorities List
Document Number: 2024-04781
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List (``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency (``the EPA'' or ``the agency'') in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow the EPA to assess the nature and extent of public health and environmental risks associated with the site and to determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be appropriate. This rule adds five sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL.
National Priorities List
Document Number: 2024-04778
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List (``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the agency'') in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow the EPA to assess the nature and extent of public health and environmental risks associated with the site and to determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be appropriate. This rule proposes to add three sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL.
Air Plan Approval; KY; Revisions to Jefferson County Definitions
Document Number: 2024-04773
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted on May 31, 2023, by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ) on behalf of the Louisville Metro Pollution Control District (Jefferson County or District). The purpose of the revision is to modify the SIP-approved version of the District's definitions rule to include a list of ``trivial activities'' in a new appendix; update the incorporation by reference date of the Federal air quality regulation that excludes certain organic compounds from the definition of ``volatile organic compounds (VOC);'' and make minor grammatical changes. EPA is proposing to approve the changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC, Harris County, Texas
Document Number: 2024-04409
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated February 07, 2024, granting in part and denying in part a petition dated September 6, 2023, from Air Alliance Houston, Sierra Club, Environment Texas, and Environmental Integrity Project (the Petitioners). The petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC, for its Pasadena Terminal located in Harris County, Texas.
Availability of the Draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Perfluorononanoic Acid [PFNA, CASRN 375-95-1] and Related Salts
Document Number: 2024-04789
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 60- day public comment period associated with release of the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Perfluorononanoic Acid [PFNA, CASRN 375-95-1] and Related Salts. The draft document was prepared by the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). EPA is releasing this draft IRIS assessment for public comment in advance of a contract-led peer review. Public comments received will be provided to the external peer reviewers. ERG, a contractor to EPA, will convene a public meeting to discuss the draft report with the public during Step 4 of the IRIS Process. The external peer reviewers will consider public comments submitted in response to this notice and comments provided at a future public peer review meeting. EPA will consider all comments received when revising the document post-peer review. This draft assessment is not final as described in EPA's information quality guidelines, and it does not represent, and should not be construed to represent Agency policy or views.
Pesticide Registration Review; Decisions for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2024-04828
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability of EPA's interim registration review decision for etofenprox. The notice also announces the availability of EPA's final registration review decision for acetominophen.
Pesticide Registration Review; Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2024-04827
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability of the EPA's work plans and registration review case dockets for the following chemicals: Nucleopolyhedroviruses and Granuloviruses (Insect Viruses). EPA is opening a 60-day public comment period for these work plans and case dockets.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees at the US Environmental Protection Agency (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-04776
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees at the EPA (EPA ICR Number 2260.08, OMB Control Number 2090-0029) 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 June 30, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 1, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Air Plan Revisions; California; Sacramento Air Quality Management District
Document Number: 2024-04708
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a revision to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns a rule submitted to address section 185 of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).
Initiation of Prioritization Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); 4,4′-Methylene bis(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA); Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2024-04720
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In the Federal Register of December 18, 2023, EPA announced the initiation and solicitation of public comment on the prioritization process for five chemical substances as candidates for designation as High-Priority Substances for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and related implementing regulations. This document extends the comment period for one of the five chemicals: 4,4'- methylene bis(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA). The comment period is currently scheduled to end on March 18, 2024.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Federal Implementation Plan for Oil and Natural Gas Well Production Facilities, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota (Renewal)
Document Number: 2024-04719
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Federal Implementation Plan for Oil and Natural Gas Well Production Facilities, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota. (EPA ICR Number 2478.04, OMB Control Number 2008-0001) 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 September 13, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Definition of Hazardous Waste Applicable to Corrective Action for Releases From Solid Waste Management Units
Document Number: 2024-04712
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending, until March 26, 2024, the comment period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on February 8, 2024. The proposed rule would amend the definition of hazardous waste applicable to corrective action to address releases from solid waste management units at RCRA-permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and make related conforming amendments, thereby providing clear regulatory authority to fully implement the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) statutory requirement that permitted facilities conduct corrective action to address releases not only of substances listed or identified as hazardous waste in the regulations but of any substance that meets the statutory definition of hazardous waste. The proposed rule would also provide notice of EPA's interpretation that the statutory definition of hazardous waste applies to corrective action for releases from solid waste management units at permitted and interim status facilities.
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program Compliance; Biogas Regulatory Reform Rule, Notification of Webinar
Document Number: 2024-04728
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a public webinar on the Biogas Regulatory Reform Rule (BRRR) provisions of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
Request for Nominations of Experts to the EPA Office of Research and Development's Human Studies Review Board Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2024-04724
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates with expertise in the areas of toxicology, bioethics, and statistics to be considered for appointment to its Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) Federal advisory committee. Submission of nominations will be made via the HSRB website at: https://www.epa.gov/osa/human-studies-review-board.
Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
Document Number: 2024-02637
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) reconsideration of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM), the EPA is revising the primary annual PM2.5 standard by lowering the level from 12.0 [micro]g/m\3\ to 9.0 [micro]g/m\3\. The Agency is retaining the current primary 24-hour PM2.5 standard and the primary 24-hour PM10 standard. The Agency also is not changing the secondary 24-hour PM2.5 standard, secondary annual PM2.5 standard, and secondary 24-hour PM10 standard at this time. The EPA is also finalizing revisions to other key aspects related to the PM NAAQS, including revisions to the Air Quality Index (AQI) and monitoring requirements for the PM NAAQS.
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Taconite Iron Ore Processing
Document Number: 2024-02305
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Taconite Iron Ore Processing. Specifically, the EPA is finalizing maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for mercury (Hg) and establishing revised emission standards for hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF). This final action ensures that emissions of all hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emitted from the Taconite Iron Ore Processing source category are regulated.
Public Meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Nitrogen Oxides Panel and the Chartered CASAC
Document Number: 2024-04648
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing two public meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) Panel and the Chartered CASAC. The purpose of the CASAC NOX Panel meeting is to provide consultative advice on the Integrated Review Plan for the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for NOX, Volume 2. The purpose of the Chartered CASAC meeting is to provide advice on the NAAQS review process.
Draft Criteria for Product Category Rules To Support the Label Program for Low Embodied Carbon Construction Materials; Notice of Availability, Webinar and Request for Comment
Document Number: 2024-04593
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft document titled ``EPA Criteria for Product Category Rules to Support the Label Program for Low Embodied Carbon Construction Materials'' (PCR Criteria) and is announcing a webinar on March 21, 2024. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) authorized $100 million to EPA to develop a program to identify and label construction materials and products that have substantially lower embodied carbon, in coordination with the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Document Number: 2024-04542
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or ``the Act''), notice is given of a proposed consent decree to address lawsuits filed by Our Children's Earth Foundation (``Plaintiff'') in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California: Our Children's Earth Foundation v. Michael S. Regan, No. 3:23-cv-04955-WHA (N.D. Cal.). Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that the Administrator failed to perform certain non-discretionary duties in accordance with the Act to take final action on state implementation plan (``SIP'') revisions submitted by the States of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Certain claims included in the Complaint were acted upon by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or were withdrawn by the State during the pendency of the suit, and the proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to sign a notice of final rulemaking on the remaining claims.
Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for New and Existing Sources and New Dischargers in the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Category for the Eastern Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico
Document Number: 2024-04575
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Director of the Water Division, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 provides in this notice the reissuing of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit (GEG460000) for existing and new sources and new dischargers in the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category located and discharging to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. The permit covers discharges from exploration, development, and production facilities located in, and discharging to, all federal waters of the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico seaward of the outer boundary of the territorial seas. It covers existing and new source facilities with operations located on federal leases occurring in water depths seaward of 200 meters, occurring offshore the coasts of Alabama and Florida. The western boundary of the coverage area is demarcated by Mobile and Visoca Knoll lease blocks located seaward of the outer boundary of the territorial seas from the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama. Individual permits will be issued for operating facilities on lease blocks traversed by and shoreward of the 200-meter water depth.
Request for Nominations to the EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Document Number: 2024-04497
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-04
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations of scientific experts to be considered for appointment to the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). Appointments will be made by the Administrator.
Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
Document Number: 2024-04495
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-04
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in table 1 of unit II, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a July 26, 2023, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrant listed in table 2 of unit II, to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the July 26, 2023, notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrant withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. 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.
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