Environmental Protection Agency June 2, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

EPA is publishing a revised list of pesticide registration service fees applicable to specified pesticide applications and tolerance actions. Under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA), the registration service fees for covered pesticide registration applications received on or after October 1, 2005, increase by 5 percent from the fees originally published in the March 17, 2004, Federal Register Notice (69 FR 12772). This revised fee schedule becomes effective on October 1, 2005. The publication of this fee schedule is required by section 33(b)(6)(B) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004.

Pursuant to its authority under section 502(i) of the Clean Air Act, EPA is publishing this notice of deficiency for the Clean Air Act title V operating permits program of Maricopa County, Arizona. The notice of deficiency is based upon EPA's finding that Maricopa County's title V program does not comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act or with the implementing regulations of the Operating Permit Program in two respects: permit fees and permit processing. With respect to permit fees, specific deficiencies include the following: Maricopa County has failed to demonstrate that its title V program requires owners or operators of Operating Permit Program sources to pay fees that are sufficient to cover the costs of the County's title V program, and has failed to adequately ensure that its title V program funds are used solely for title V permit program costs; and Maricopa County's fee rule and the implementation of this rule have contributed to delay in issuance of initial title V permits. With respect to permit processing, specific deficiencies include the following: Maricopa County has issued title V permits that do not assure compliance with all applicable requirements; Maricopa County's processing of permit revisions is deficient; and Maricopa County has not demonstrated that it is providing sufficient staffing. Publication of this action is a prerequisite for withdrawal of Maricopa County's title V program approval, but does not effect such withdrawal.

Alabama has applied to EPA for final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization, and is authorizing the State's changes through this immediate final action. EPA is publishing this rule to authorize the changes without a prior proposal because we believe this action is not controversial and do not expect comments that oppose it. Unless we get written comments which oppose this authorization during the comment period, the decision to authorize Alabama's changes to its hazardous waste program will take effect. If we get comments that oppose this action, we will publish a document in the Federal Register withdrawing this rule before it takes effect and a separate document in the proposed rules section of this Federal Register will serve as a proposal to authorize the changes.