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

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Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste Proposed Exclusion
Document Number: 05-8190
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA (also, ``the Agency'' or ``we'' in this preamble) is proposing to grant a petition to exclude or ``delist'' wastewater treatment sludge from conversion coating on aluminum generated by the General Motors Corporation (GM) Janesville Truck Assembly Plant (JTAP) in Janesville, Wisconsin from the requirements of hazardous waste regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This proposed exclusion, if finalized, conditionally excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of hazardous waste regulations under RCRA. This petition was evaluated in a manner similar to the expedited process developed as a special project in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for delisting similar wastes generated by a similar manufacturing process. Based on an evaluation of waste-specific information provided by GM, we have tentatively concluded that the petitioned waste from JTAP is nonhazardous with respect to the original listing criteria and that there are no other factors which would cause the waste to be hazardous. This exclusion, if finalized, would be valid only when the sludge is disposed of in a Subtitle D landfill which is permitted, licensed, or registered by a State to manage industrial solid waste.
Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste Final Exclusion
Document Number: 05-8189
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA (also, ``the Agency'' or ``we'' in this preamble) is granting a petition to exclude (or ``delist'') wastewater treatment plant sludge from conversion coating on aluminum generated by the Ford Motor Company Dearborn Truck Assembly Plant (DTP) in Dearborn, Michigan from the list of hazardous wastes. Today's action conditionally excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of hazardous waste regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when disposed of in a lined subtitle D landfill which is permitted, licensed, or registered by a State to manage industrial solid waste. The exclusion was proposed on March 7, 2002 as part of an expedited process to evaluate this waste under a pilot project developed with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). The rule also imposes testing conditions for waste generated in the future to ensure that this waste continues to qualify for delisting.
Revision to the California State Implementation Plan, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District and San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Document Number: 05-8188
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) and San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions concern the emission of particulate matter (PM-10) from open outdoor burning and from incinerator burning. We are approving local rules that regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).
Revision to the California State Implementation Plan, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District and San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Document Number: 05-8187
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) and San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions concern the emission of particulate matter (PM-10) from open outdoor burning and from incinerator burning. We are proposing to approve local rules that regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).
Finding of Failure To Submit Section 110 State Implementation Plans for Interstate Transport for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 8-Hour Ozone and PM 2.5
Document Number: 05-5319
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is today making a finding that States have failed to submit State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to satisfy the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 2.5 micrometers) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Section 110(a)(1) of the CAA requires that States submit SIPs to meet the applicable requirements of section 110(a)(2) within 3 years after the promulgation of a new or revised NAAQS, or within such shorter period as EPA may provide. Pursuant to section 110(a)(1), States are required to submit SIPs that satisfy the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) related to interstate transport of pollution. At present, States have not yet submitted SIPs to satisfy this requirement of the CAA, and EPA is by this action making a finding of failure to submit which starts a 2-year clock for the promulgation of a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) by EPA unless, prior to that time, each State makes a submission to meet the requirements of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) and EPA approves such submission.
Opportunity for Organizations That Have Expertise in Sustainable Development and Sustainable Facilities To Cooperate With a New Initiative in EPA's Office of Site Remediation Enforcement
Document Number: 05-8126
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE) within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) is interested in cooperating with organizations with expertise in sustainable development and sustainable facilities (e.g., non-profit organizations, universities, trade associations, organizations that practice sustainable development, etc.) in connection with its Environmentally Responsible Redevelopment and Reuse (ER3) initiative. Please note that EPA will not compensate cooperating organizations for their efforts in connection with this initiative.
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing: Reconsideration
Document Number: 05-8125
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On May 16, 2003, EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing sources at brick and structural clay products (BSCP) manufacturing facilities (the final rule). Subsequently, the Administrator received a petition for reconsideration of the final rule. The EPA is announcing our reconsideration of and requesting public comment on one issue arising from the final rule. Specifically, we are requesting comment on our decision to base the maximum achievable control technology (MACT) requirements for certain tunnel kilns on dry limestone adsorption technology. We plan to issue a final decision on this issue as expeditiously as possible. We are seeking comment only on this issue. We will not respond to any comments addressing any other issue or any other provisions of the final rule or any other rule.
Tetraconazole; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance
Document Number: 05-8123
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of tetraconazole, 1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-(1,1,2,2- tetrafluoroethoxy)propyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole in or on sugarbeet roots at 0.05 parts per million (ppm), sugarbeet top at 3.0 ppm, sugarbeet dried pulp at 0.15 ppm, sugarbeet molasses at 0.15 ppm, meat of cattle, goat, horse, and sheep at 0.05 ppm, liver of cattle, goat, horse, and sheep at 4.0 ppm, fat of cattle, goat, horse, and sheep at 0.30 ppm, meat byproducts except liver of cattle, goat, horse and sheep at 0.10 ppm and milk at 0.05 ppm. Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). Registrations will be limited to the following States: Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming where use has previously occurred under section 18 of FIFRA. The tolerances will expire on November 30, 2012.
Adequacy Status of Submitted State Implementation Plans (SIP) for Transportation Conformity Purposes: MOBILE6 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area
Document Number: 05-8122
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found the on-road motor vehicle emissions budgets contained in the revision to the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria severe 1-hour ozone nonattainment area attainment demonstration SIP adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of our finding, the budgets from the submitted attainment demonstration SIP revision must be used for future conformity determinations in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Memorandum of Agreement Between Texas Council on Environmental Quality and the North Central Texas Council of Governments Providing Emissions Offsets to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Document Number: 05-8121
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Texas on February 23, 2004. This revision concerns the Dallas-Fort Worth ozone nonattainment area. Specifically, EPA is approving incorporation of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) into the SIP. This MOA commits the NCTCOG to provide the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFWIA) with emissions offsets in the amount of 0.18 tons per day (tpd) of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and 0.04 tpd of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in 2007, and to adjust the modeled 2015 on- road emission estimates to reflect an increase of 1.17 tpd of NOX and 0.26 tpd of VOCs, which must be accommodated in future transportation conformity determinations. This action is necessary in order for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to address requirements under the general conformity regulations for the proposed DFWIA project. The rationale for the final approval action and other information are provided in this document.
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Document Number: 05-8115
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA expressed concern due to wetland and stream impacts associated with the proposed action, and requested that wetland impacts associated with the clear zones be included in the mitigation plan. EPA also requested that the wetland avoidance alternative (Alternative 5) should be carried forward for detail study to more closely track the alternatives analysis requirements under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Rating EC2 EIS No. 20050033, ERP No. D-IBR-K60035-NV, Humboldt Project Conveyance, Transferring 83, 530 Acres from Federal Ownership to the Pershing County Water Conservation District (PCWCD), Pershing and Lander Counties, NV.
Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 05-8114
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Document Number: 05-8024
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX announces the deletion of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Superfund Site in Salinas, Monterey County, California from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA and the State of California, through the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), have determined that the remedial action for the site has been successfully executed.
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting
Document Number: 05-8023
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The next meeting of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board, a Federal advisory committee that reports to the President and Congress on environmental and infrastructure projects along the U.S. border with Mexico, will take place in Washington, DC, on May 10, 2005. It is open to the public.
Proposed Reissuance of General NPDES Permits (GP) for Alaskan Mechanical Placer Mining (Permit Number AKG-37-0000) and Alaskan Medium-Size Suction Dredging (Permit Number AKG-37-1000)
Document Number: 05-8022
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On October 3, 2005, two general permits regulating the activities of mechanical placer mining and suction dredge mining for gold placer mining operations in the State of Alaska expire. EPA proposes to reissue these two general permits with minor changes. EPA is proposing to make these permits effective as the previous general permits expire. This is also notice of EPA's issuance of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) for NPDES permit AKG-37-0000.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Boilers and Industrial Furnaces Burning Hazardous Waste, EPA ICR Number 1361.10, OMB Control Number 2050-0073
Document Number: 05-8021
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Information Collection Request for RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (BIFs) Burning Hazardous Waste, EPA ICR Number 1361.10, OMB Control Number 2050-0073, expires 12/31/2005. This ICR includes the burden on these facilities by the general hazardous waste facility standards, specific unit requirements, Part B permit application and modification requirements, and the comparable/syngas fuel specification requirements covered by 40 CFR parts 261, 264, 265, 266 and 270. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia, Redesignation of Atlanta 1-Hour Severe Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment for Ozone
Document Number: 05-7936
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On February 1, 2005, the State of Georgia, through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), submitted; a request to redesignate the 1-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) nonattainment area of Atlanta, Georgia, to attainment; and a request for EPA approval of a Georgia State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision containing a 10-year maintenance plan for the 13-county Atlanta area, including new motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for the year 2015. In addition, Georgia has requested that EPA make a determination that certain Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) SIP submittal requirements related to attainment demonstrations and reasonable further progress are not applicable requirements for the purposes of this redesignation request because the Atlanta area has attained the 1- hour ozone NAAQS based on ambient air monitoring data for the 3- year period including the years 2002, 2003, and 2004. EPA is proposing to determine that the Atlanta area has attained the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. This proposal is based on three years of complete, quality-assured ambient air quality monitoring data for 2002 through 2004 ozone seasons. On the basis of this proposal, EPA is also proposing to determine that certain attainment demonstration and reasonable further progress requirements along with other related requirements of part D of Title I of the CAA are not applicable to the Atlanta area. EPA is also proposing approval of both the 1-hour ozone redesignation request and the 10-year maintenance plan SIP revision, including the new 2015 MVEBs. EPA's proposed approval of the 1-hour ozone redesignation request is based on its determination that the Atlanta area has met the five criteria for redesignation to attainment specified in the CAA, including a demonstration that the Atlanta area has attained the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA is proposing approval of the 10-year maintenance plan SIP revision, including the new 2015 MVEBs, because EPA has determined that the plan complies with the requirements of Section 175A of the Act. Finally, in this proposed rulemaking, EPA is providing information on the status of its transportation conformity adequacy determination for new motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEB) for the year 2015 that are contained Georgia's the 10-year 1-hour ozone maintenance plan SIP submittal for the Atlanta area.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Consultation on Ozone Health Assessment Plan
Document Number: 05-7935
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel (Panel) to conduct a consultation on EPA's draft Ozone Health Assessment Plan: Scope and Methods for Exposure Analysis and Risk Assessment (April 2005).
Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Advisory Committee (EDMVAC); Notice of Public Meeting; Correction
Document Number: 05-7919
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA announced in the Federal Register of April 8, 2005, a meeting of the Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Advisory Committee (EDMVAC) on April 26-28, 2005, in Washington, DC. The document incorrectly listed the weekdays of the actual meeting. This document corrects that error.
Revisions to the Territory of Guam State Implementation Plan, Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference
Document Number: 05-7806
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is updating the materials submitted by the Territory of Guam that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into the Territory of Guam State Implementation Plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this update have been previously submitted by the territorial agency and approved by EPA. This update affects the SIP materials that are available for public inspection at the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), Office of Air and Radiation Docket and Information, and the Regional Office.
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit
Document Number: 05-7805
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Document Number: 05-7803
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSC, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from March 28, 2005 to April 4, 2005, consists of the PMNs pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.
Notice of Request for Proposals for Projects To Be Funded from the Water Quality Cooperative Agreement Allocation (CFDA 66.463-Water Quality Cooperative Agreements); Correction
Document Number: 05-7802
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Region 6 published in the Federal Register of March 30, 2005, a notice soliciting proposals funded from the Regional Water Quality Cooperative Agreement allocation. This document is being issued to add and clarify several requirements that must be included in competitive funding announcements according to EPA Order 5700.7, Environmental Results under EPA Assistance Agreements. Additionally, a clarification on how past performance will be evaluated is included. Due to this correction notice, the deadline for submittal of all proposals is May 31, 2005.
Propiconazole; Re-Establishment of Tolerance for Emergency Exemption
Document Number: 05-7736
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation re-establishes a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of the fungicide propiconazole and its metabolites in or on blueberry at 1.0 parts per million (ppm) for an additional 2-1/2 year period. This tolerance will expire and is revoked on December 31, 2007. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the pesticide on blueberries. Section 408(l)(6) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) requires EPA to establish a time-limited tolerance or exemption from the requirement for a tolerance for pesticide chemical residues in food that will result from the use of a pesticide under an emergency exemption granted by EPA under FIFRA section 18.
Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement of Unregistered Pesticides; Renewal of Pesticide Information Collection Activities and Request for Comments
Document Number: 05-7588
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces that EPA is seeking public comment on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR No. 0161.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0027). This is a request to renew an existing ICR that is currently approved and due to expire on January 31, 2006. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection activity and its expected burden and costs. Before submitting this ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection.
FIFRA Section 24(c) Special Local Need Registrations; Renewal of Pesticide Information Collection Activities and Request for Comments
Document Number: 05-7587
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces that EPA is seeking public comment on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 24(c) Special Local Need Registrations (EPA ICR No. 0595.09, OMB Control No. 2070-0055). This is a request to renew an existing ICR that is currently approved and due to expire January 31, 2006. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection activity and its expected burden and costs. Before submitting this ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection.
Aluminum-magnesium Hydroxy Carbonate; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition for Exemption from Tolerance
Document Number: 05-7330
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
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.
Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting-Spring 2005
Document Number: 05-7804
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of an Executive Committee meeting (via conference call) of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC). The conference call will focus on reviewing a draft report of the BOSC Ecological Research Subcommittee.
Utah State Plan for Certification of Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides; Notice of Approval
Document Number: 05-7720
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In the Federal Register of January 10, 2005, EPA issued a notice of intent to approve an amended Utah Plan for the certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides. In the notice EPA solicited comments from the public on the proposed action to approve the amended Utah Plan. The amended Certification Plan Utah submitted to EPA contained several changes to its current Certification Plan. The proposed amendments add new subcategories as well as a Memorandum of Understanding regarding future implementation of an EPA federal pesticide certification program for the Navajo Indian Country. No comments were received and EPA hereby approves the amended Utah Plan.
Mid/Atlantic Visibility Union (MANE-VU) Annual Meeting
Document Number: 05-7719
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the 2005 Annual Board Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Northeast/ Visibility Union (MANE-VU). This meeting will deal with appropriate matters relating to Regional Haze and visibility improvement in Federal Class I areas within MANE-VU.
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for California
Document Number: 05-7574
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is finalizing the update of the Outer Continental Shelf (``OCS'') Air Regulations proposed in the Federal Register on June 23, 2004, July 31, 2003, January 13, 2003, August 16, 2002, April 12, 2002, January 22, 2002, June 28, 2001, December 11, 2000, and May 26, 2000. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward boundaries must be updated periodically to remain consistent with the requirements of the corresponding onshore area (``COA''), as mandated by section 328(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (``the Act''). The portion of the OCS air regulations that is being updated pertains to the requirements for OCS sources for which the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District are the designated COAs. The intended effect of approving the requirements contained in ``Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Requirements Applicable to OCS Sources'' (February, 2005), ``South Coast Air Quality Management District Requirements Applicable to OCS Sources'' (Part I, II and III) (February, 2005), and ``Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Requirements Applicable to OCS Sources'' (February, 2005) is to regulate emissions from OCS sources in accordance with the requirements onshore.
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Document Number: 05-7573
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 is issuing this notice of intent to delete the RCA Del Caribe Superfund Site (Site), located in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL is appendix B of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR part 300, which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. The EPA and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, through the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, have determined that the release poses no significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore, taking of remedial measures is not appropriate. In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final notice of deletion of the RCA Del Caribe Superfund Site without prior notice of this action because we view this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipate no significant adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for this deletion in the preamble to the direct final deletion. If we receive no significant adverse comment(s) on this notice of intent to delete or the direct final notice of deletion, we will not take further action on this notice of intent to delete. If we receive significant adverse comment(s), we will withdraw the direct final notice of deletion and it will not take effect. We will, as appropriate, address all public comments. If, after evaluating public comments, EPA decides to proceed with deletion, we will do so in a subsequent final deletion notice based on this notice of intent to delete. We will not institute a second comment period on this notice of intent to delete. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. For additional information, see the direct final notice of deletion which is located in the Rules section of this Federal Register.
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Document Number: 05-7572
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 2, announces the deletion of the RCA Del Caribe Superfund Site (Site), located in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL is appendix B of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR part 300, which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. This Direct Final Notice of Deletion is being published by EPA with the concurrence of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, through the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (EQB). EPA and EQB have determined that the release poses no significant threat to public health or the environment and, therefore, taking of remedial measures is not appropriate.
Petition To Revoke All Tolerances for Lindane; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 05-7634
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Agency
EPA requests public comment on a March 31, 2005, petition from the Pesticides Action Network North America (PANNA), Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT), and Washington Toxics Coalition (WCT), available in docket number OPP-2004-0246, requesting that the Agency revoke all tolerances for the pesticide lindane. The petitioners claim that EPA must revoke existing lindane tolerances in order to implement the Agency's 2002 Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED). The petitioners also claim that the continued existence of the lindane tolerances is contrary to a 1982 EPA policy statement that tolerances should be revoked when associated food uses have been cancelled.
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Document Number: 05-7589
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSC, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from March 17, 2005 to March 25, 2005, consists of the PMNs pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.
TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of Test Data
Document Number: 05-7585
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces EPA's receipt of test data on 1,1,2- Trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCE) (CAS No. 79-00-5). These data were submitted pursuant to an Enforceable Testing Consent Agreement (ECA)/ Order issued by EPA under section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
Water Pollution Control; Approval of Modification to Ohio's Approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permitting Program To Administer a State Sewage Sludge Management Program
Document Number: 05-7578
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On March 16, 2005, pursuant to section 402(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Acting Regional Administrator for EPA, Region 5, approved the State of Ohio's modification of its existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program to include the administration and enforcement of a state sewage sludge management program where it has jurisdiction.
Request for Comment on Potentially Inadequate Monitoring in Clean Air Act Applicable Requirements and on Methods To Improve Such Monitoring; Notice of Public Comment Period Extension
Document Number: 05-7577
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is announcing that the closing date of the public comment period for the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) ``Request for Comment on Potentially Inadequate Monitoring in Clean Air Act Applicable Requirements and on Methods To Improve Such Monitoring'' (70 FR 7905, February 16, 2005) is extended sixty days from April 18, 2005 until June 17, 2005. After publishing this ANPR, the EPA received a letter dated March 11, 2005, from Environmental Integrity Project and several other environmental and citizens' organizations requesting a 120-day extension of the public comment period to allow the public to provide more meaningful comments, given the broad scope of the ANPR. The EPA believes it is reasonable to extend the public comment period for sixty days and is hereby granting the requested extension for that period.
Office of Environmental Information; Announcement of Environmental Data Standards Council Revised Data Standards
Document Number: 05-7576
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice of availability is hereby given for six revised data standardsBiological Taxonomy, Contact Information, Facility Site Identification, Permitting Information, Tribal Identifier and SIC/ NAICS. The Biological Taxonomy Data Standard identifies specific data elements necessary for consistent and unambiguous identification of biological organisms of environmental interest. The Contact Information Data Standard describes a point of contact, address and communication information. The Facility Site Identification Data Standard provides for the unique identification of facilities of environmental interest. The Permitting Information Data Standard incorporates the original permitting standard and extends the scope to include information germane to multiple permitting programs. The Tribal Identifier Data Standard adopts the Bureau of Land Management tribal names and codes necessary to identify federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native entities. The SIC/NAICS Data Standard provides information on business activities through reference to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS).
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming Science Advisory Board Meeting
Document Number: 05-7575
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public face-to-face meeting of the chartered SAB. The Board will discuss (1) science issues facing EPA Regions, and (2) may review and approve of one or more draft SAB Committee reports.
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Document Number: 05-7571
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA expressed environmental objections with the Corridor 1 alternative, due to impacts to wetlands and stream habitat in forested parkland. EPA expressed environmental concerns with the Corridor 2 Alternative due to potential impacts from secondary development, natural resource and community impacts and potential impact to a nearby reservoir. Rating EO2.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 05-7570
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio; Redesignation of Cincinnati to Attainment of the 1-Hour Ozone Standard; Removal of Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs for the Cincinnati and Dayton Areas
Document Number: 05-7509
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The State of Ohio has requested the EPA to parallel process an ozone redesignation request and a number of revisions to Ohio's air quality control plan. We are proposing to determine that the Cincinnati-Hamilton area has attained the 1-hour ozone standard for the entire period of 1996-2004 based on 1-hour ozone monitoring data demonstrating attainment of the standard during that period. As a result, certain attainment demonstration requirements, along with certain other related requirements of part D of title I of the Clean Air Act, are not applicable to the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati- Hamilton area. We are proposing to approve Ohio's request to redesignate the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton area to attainment of the 1-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). We are proposing to approve Ohio's revision of the 1-hour ozone maintenance plan, previously approved by us on June 19, 2000, for the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton area. This update to the plan extends the timeframe for demonstrating continued maintenance of the 1-hour ozone standard through 2015, and demonstrates that the 1- hour ozone standard may be maintained in this area even with the termination of the vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program in the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton area. We are notifying the public that we believe that the revised motor vehicle emissions budgets for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) for the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton area are adequate for conformity purposes and are approvable as part of the revised ozone maintenance plan for this area. We are proposing to approve new VOC emission control regulations for various sources in the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton area and to approve negative source declarations for some source categories for this area as long as the State meets certain conditions. We are proposing approval of periodic emission inventories for the Cincinnati area. Additionally, we are proposing to find that Ohio has demonstrated that termination of the I/M program in the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton area will not interfere with the attainment and maintenance of the 1-hour ozone NAAQS in this area. Similarly, we are proposing to find that Ohio has demonstrated that termination of the I/ M program in the Dayton area will not interfere with attainment and maintenance of the 1-hour ozone NAAQS in this area provided that the State meets certain conditions.
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal; Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: 05-7503
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committee on Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal (WC/WQ&PD) will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on May 2, 2005 and ending May 3, 2005. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Document Number: 05-7411
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10, announces its intent to delete the Naval Magazine Indian Island Site (Site) located in Port Hadlock, Washington from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this proposed action. The NPL constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended. EPA and the State of Washington have determined that the remedial action for the Site has been successfully executed by the Navy and no further response under CERCLA is needed.
Lindane; Proposed Tolerance Actions
Document Number: 05-7410
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to revoke specific existing tolerances for the insecticide lindane because, following receipt of registrant requests, the Agency canceled their associated Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registrations.
National Emission Standards for Coke Oven Batteries
Document Number: 05-6942
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-04-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On October 27, 1993 (58 FR 57898), pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA issued technology-based national emission standards to control hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emitted by coke oven batteries. This action amends the standards to address residual risks under section 112(f) and the 8-year review requirements of section 112(d)(6).
Science Advisory Board Staff Office Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Notification of Advisory Committee Meeting of the CASAC Ozone Review Panel
Document Number: 05-7508
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel (Panel) to conduct a peer review of the Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants (First External Review Draft), Volumes I, II, and III, (EPA/600/R-05/004aA, bA, and cA, January 2005).
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)
Document Number: 05-7507
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability for comment of the administrative record files for 6 TMDLs and the calculations for these TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Atchafalaya River, Barataria, Lake Pontchartrain, Mississippi River, Sabine River, and Terrebonne Basins of Louisiana, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in response to a court order in the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford, et al., No. 96-0527, (E.D. La.). EPA originally proposed draft TMDLs for these segments on December 2, 2004. EPA has decided to withdraw the December 2, 2004, draft TMDLs, and now proposes new draft TMDLs for these segments. Thus, EPA is not responding to those comments on the December 2, 2004, proposed draft TMDLs. EPA will be responding to comments on the new proposed draft TMDLs available herein after public notice.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements (HWIR Contaminated Media), EPA ICR Number 1775.04, OMB Control Number 2050-0161
Document Number: 05-7506
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-04-14
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for an existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2005. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
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