Environmental Protection Agency May 1, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, P.L. 92463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmental policy, technology, and management issues. The Council is a panel of individuals who represent diverse interests from academia, industry, non-governmental organizations, and local, state, and tribal governments. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the FY06-07 NACEPT agenda, including sustainable water infrastructure, environmental stewardship, cooperative conservation, energy and the environment, environmental technology, EPA's 2006-2011 Draft Strategic Plan, and environmental indicators. A copy of the agenda for the meeting will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/ocem/nacept/cal- nacept.htm.

Notice is hereby given of the membership of the EPA Performance Review Board.

This action is intended to outline EPA's process for identification, evaluation, selection, and implementation of projects for funding under the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002 (also referred as GLLA or the Legacy Act). The Legacy Act authorizes the appropriation of $50 million annually for fiscal years 2004-2008 for contaminated sediment remediation projects and provides EPA with a unique approach for addressing contaminated sediment problems in Great Lakes Areas of Concern. The Act also authorizes smaller amounts of funding for other activities; this action pertains only to sediment remediation project selection and implementation. This action provides information to those interested in submitting cost-share, sediment remediation projects to EPA for funding under the Legacy Act.

EPA is proposing to correct, amend, and revise certain provisions of the Highway Diesel Rule, and the Nonroad Diesel Rule. This action proposes to correct additional errors and omissions from the previous rules, and make minor changes to the regulations to assist entities with regulatory compliance. Further, this action also proposes technical amendments resulting from discussions with various diesel stakeholders. These technical amendments would: provide a temporary increase in the sulfur testing tolerance, revise the designate and track provisions to account for non-petroleum diesel fuels (i.e., biodiesel) and fuel that meets the California Air Resources Board's diesel fuel standards, and amend the alternative defense provisions to account for conductivity additives and red dye. This proposed action is intended to help facilitate compliance with the diesel fuel regulations and ensure a smooth transition to ultra low sulfur diesel fuel.