Environmental Protection Agency March 10, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, or ``we'') is announcing an inspection for the week of February 28, 2005, at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP). With this notice, we also announce availability of Department of Energy (DOE) documents in the EPA Docket, and solicit public comments on these documents for a period of 30 days. The following DOE documents, entitled ``INEEL Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project Certification Plan for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste, MP-TRUW-8.1, Revision 7'' and ``INEEL Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project Quality Assurance Project Plan, MP-TRUW-8.2, Revision 3,'' are available for public review in the public dockets listed in the ADDRESSES section. EPA will conduct an inspection of waste characterization systems and processes at INEEL/AMWTP to verify that the site can characterize transuranic waste in accordance with EPA's WIPP Compliance Criteria.

This notice announces final agency action on 13 TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the State of Arkansas, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford, et al., No. LR-C-99-114. Documents from the administrative record files for the final 13 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at https://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm.

EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maine. This revision establishes requirements to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides from large stationary sources. The intended effect of this action is to approve these requirements into the Maine SIP. EPA is taking this action in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA).

There will be a 2-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review [a comparison of the results from 1- or 2-year dog studies on pesticides with dog studies of shorter duration].