Environmental Protection Agency January 13, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York State Implementation Plan Revision
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a request from New York to revise its State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone to incorporate revisions to subpart 227-2 ``Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX)'' of Part 227 ``Stationary Combustion Installations'' of title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (6NYCRR). The revision relates to the control of oxides of nitrogen emissions from stationary industrial sources. This SIP revision consists of a control measure needed to meet the shortfall in emissions reduction identified by EPA in New York's one-hour ozone attainment demonstration SIP. The intended effect of this rule is to approve a control strategy which will result in emission reductions that will help achieve attainment of the national ambient air quality standard for ozone required by the Clean Air Act.
Response to Petition; Notice of Availability
On October 5, 2004, EPA received a petition filed under section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and section 553(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) joined the petition by a letter dated November 9, 2004. The petition requests that EPA revoke the TSCA developmental neurotoxicity test guideline codified at 40 CFR 799.9630 and withdraw a harmonized test guideline issued by the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) titled, ``Health Effects Test Guidelines: OPPTS 870.6300 Developmental Neurotoxicity Study'' (EPA- 712-C-98-239). Although EPA believes the petitioners' requests are outside the scope of TSCA section 21, and thus the submission in its entirety is being treated as a petition under the Administrative Procedure Act, EPA responded to the petitioners within the 90-day timeframe established in TSCA for section 21 petitions. EPA has responded to the petition by denying these requests and is announcing the public availability of this response.
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