Environmental Protection Agency April 13, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating this direct final rule to correct the final rule published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2004. Specifically, EPA is amending the regulatory text for the definitions of refrigerant and technician. EPA is also amending the prohibition against venting substitute refrigerants to reflect the changes in the definitions. These changes are being finalized to make certain that the regulations promulgated on March 12, 2004 cannot be construed as a restriction on the sales of substitutes that do not consist of an ozone-depleting substance (ODS), such as pure hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) and perfluorocarbon (PFC) substitutes.

The EPA is proposing to amend the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Control Technology Standards which were promulgated in June 1999 (64 FR 34863), and the National Emission Standards for Ethylene Manufacturing Process Units: Heat Exchange Systems and Waste Operations which were promulgated in July 2002 (67 FR 46258). The proposed amendments would clarify the compliance requirements for benzene waste streams, clarify the requirements for heat exchangers and heat exchanger systems, and stipulate the provisions for offsite waste transfer in the national emission standards for ethylene process units. The proposed amendments would also correct the regulatory language that make emissions from ethylene cracking furnaces during decoking operations an exception to the provisions and delineate overlapping requirements for storage vessels and transfer racks. In addition, the proposed amendments would also correct errors in the proposed rule for the Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber Production source category which were not corrected as indicated in the preamble to the June 1999 final rule (64 FR 34863). In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, we are taking direct final action on the proposed amendments because we view these revisions as noncontroversial and anticipate no adverse comments. We have explained our reasons for the amendments in the direct final rules. If we have no adverse comments, we will take no further action on the proposed amendments. If we receive adverse comments, we will withdraw only those amendments on which we receive adverse comments. We will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register indicating which amendments will become effective and which amendments are being withdrawn. If all or part of the direct final rules in the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register is withdrawn, all comments pertaining to those amendments will be addressed in a subsequent final rulemaking based on these proposed amendments. We will not institute a second comment period on the subsequent final action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time.

This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of acetamiprid in or on tuberous and corm vegetables. Nippon Soda Company c/o Nisso America Inc. requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.