Environmental Protection Agency October 12, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York; Motor Vehicle Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program
The EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for New York's motor vehicle enhanced inspection and maintenance (I/M) program which includes the adoption of a statewide On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) program. New York has made revisions to Title 6 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR), Part 217, ``Motor Vehicle Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program Requirements,'' and Title 15 NYCRR Part 79, ``Motor Vehicle Inspection Regulations,'' to comply with EPA regulations and to improve performance of its I/M program. The intended effect of this action is to maintain consistency between the State-adopted rules and the federally approved SIP and to approve a control strategy that will result in emission reductions that will help achieve attainment of the national ambient air quality standard for ozone.
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Utah
On August 24, 2006, EPA proposed the following: In accordance with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.13, public notice is hereby given that the State of Utah has revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Primacy Program by adopting federal regulations for the Arsenic Rule and Filter Backwash Recycling Rule, which correspond to 40 CFR parts 141 and 142. The EPA has completed its review of these revisions in accordance with SDWA, and proposes to approve Utah's primacy revisions for the above stated Rules. Today's approval action does not extend to public water systems in Indian country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, Item B.
Compliance Assistance Centers; Request for Suggestions on Candidates for Compliance Assistance Center Development
In partnership with industry, academic institutions, environmental groups, and other agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports fourteen Compliance Assistance Centers (Centers) to help small- and medium-size businesses and local governments better understand and comply with environmental regulations. These Centers provide easy to understand compliance information targeted to specific sectors, geographic and environmental topics: agriculture; automotive service and repair; automotive recycling, chemical manufacturers; construction; Federal facilities; health care; local governments, metal finishing; paints and coatings; printed wiring board manufacturers; printers; transportation; and the U.S. / Mexico / Canada border environmental issues. Additionally, funding has recently been awarded to initiate the development of a Center for the education sector. All Centers can be accessed at https://www.assistancecneters.net. EPA would like to expand the Center program to support other sectors, geographical areas or topical issues. To support new Center development, EPA has funded the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) to develop, operate and maintain the Compliance Assistance Center Platform (Platform) from which new Centers will be ``launched.'' The Platform includes a suite of comprehensive Web-based tools necessary new Centers. States, industry, and compliance assistance providers can work with NCMS to establish Centers that will help the regulated community better understand and more efficiently comply with environmental requirements. The Centers for the metal finishing, printed wiring board manufacturing, paints and coatings, construction sector, automotive recycling sector, health care and U.S. / Mexico / Cananda border environmental issues have been developed in partnership with NCMS and the Platform. Visit https://www.envcap.org to access Platform resources. EPA is exploring new sector, geographical, or topical candidates for Centers in FY 2007 and beyond. Center candidates will be evaluated initially against the following criteria: impact on health and the environment; patterns of noncompliance; assessment that compliance assistance is an appropriate approach to use; predominately involves or affects small businesses; the problem or issue is prevalent nationally; impact of new environmental regulations; subject to multiple environmental statutes/regulations; and not currently supported by an existing compliance assistance program. Once these threshold criteria have been met, an additional criterion will be applied: willingness of a sector or third-party organization to partner with EPA. At this time, EPA is considering the following sectors for new Center development: (1) Food processing (producers of meat products, seafood, dairy, fruits, oils, flour, vegetables, baked goods, etc.); or (2) marinas / boatbuilding (boat building, repair, servicing, docks, fueling). EPA invites feedback from interested parties on these and other possible candidates for Center development. Specifically, EPA is interested in feedback on Center development for the food processing and marina/boatbuilding sectors. The above criterion should be considered in your evaluation and proposal of sector, geographic, or topical candidates. Pursuant to EPA's Grants Competition Policy that went into effect October 1, 2002, EPA will compete any assistance agreement that will be provided to support new Center development in FY 2007. Interested parties should communicate their suggestions regarding new sectors, geographical areas or topical issues for Center development to EPA by letter or e-mail to the contact listed below.
Draft Toxicological Review of Dichlorobenzenes: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
The EPA is extending the public comment period and rescheduling an external peer review panel meeting to review selected sections of the EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) final draft document titled, ``Toxicological Review of Dichlorobenzenes: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/635/R-03/015), regarding the inhalation reference concentration (RfC) and inhalation cancer assessment for 1,4-dichlorobenzene. The EPA is also changing the format of this external peer review meeting to include both a teleconference and an in-person panel meeting. On July 11, 2006, EPA published a Federal Register notice (71 FR 39113) announcing a comment period that ended August 9 and an external peer review panel meeting (by teleconference) that was scheduled for August 16. On August 11, 2006, EPA published a second Federal Register notice announcing an extension of the public comment period to October 10 and a rescheduling of the external peer review meeting to October 30. EPA is extending the public comment period to October 17, 2006, rescheduling the external peer review meeting to November 3, 2006, and changing the format to include both a face-to-face meeting and a teleconference option for participation. This extended public comment period and change in format for the external peer review are in response to requests from the public. The public comment period and the external peer review meeting are separate processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the document. In addition to consideration by EPA, all public comments submitted in accordance with this notice will also be forwarded to EPA's contractor, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), for consideration by the external peer review panel prior to the meeting. As previously stated in 71 FR 39113 and 71 FR 46220, EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre- dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. ORISE invites the public to register to attend this peer review panel meeting as observers, either in person or by telephone. In addition, ORISE invites the public to give brief oral comments at the meeting regarding the draft document under review. The draft document and EPA's peer review charge are available via the Internet on NCEA's home page under the Recent Additions menu at https://www.epa.gov/ncea. When finalizing this draft report, EPA will consider ORISE's report of the comments and recommendations from the external peer reviewers and any public comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice.
Evaluation of the Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide
EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period for the draft document titled, ``Evaluation of the Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide'' (EPA/635/R-06/003). The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment within EPA's Office of Research and Development. On September 22, EPA published a Federal Register notice (71 FR 55470) announcing a 30-day comment period that ends October 23, 2007. EPA is extending the public comment period to December 8, 2006, in response to requests. As previously stated in 71 FR 55470, EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of seeking public comment and for review by the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) via a meeting to be held at a later date (time and place to be specified in a separate Federal Register notice). This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not determination. EPA will consider any public comments submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document.
National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for Hazardous Substances; Proposed AEGL Values; Notice of Availability
The National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) is developing AEGLs on an ongoing basis to provide Federal, State, and local agencies with information on short-term exposures to hazardous chemicals. This notice provides a list of 46 proposed AEGL chemicals that are available for public review and comment. Comments are welcome on both the AEGL values and the technical support documents placed in the docket.
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