Environmental Protection Agency June 4, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Review of Draft Risk Management Evaluations and Risk Profiles for Chemicals Proposed for Addition under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
This notice requests comment on draft risk management evaluations being developed pursuant to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) for the following chemicals which are being reviewed for possible addition to the Stockholm Convention's Annexes A, B, and/or C: Chlordecone (CAS No. 143-50-0), hexabromobiphenyl (HBB) (CAS No. 36355-01-8), lindane (CAS No. 58-89- 9), pentabromodiphenyl ether (PeBDE) (CAS No. 32534-81-9), and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). Additionally, this notice requests comment on draft risk profiles being developed pursuant to the Stockholm Convention for the following chemicals which are also being reviewed for possible addition to the Stockholm Convention's Annexes A, B, and/or C: Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha-HCH) (CAS No. 319-84- 6), beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (beta-HCH) (CAS No. 319-85-7), commercial octabromodiphenyl ether (octaBDE) (CAS No. 32536-52-0 ), pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) (CAS No. 608-93-5), and short-chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCP) (CAS No. 85535-84-8). EPA is issuing this notice in advance of the aforementioned documents' release to increase awareness of the status of the reviews of certain proposals under the Stockholm Convention, to alert interested and potentially affected persons of the documents' pending release, and to request comments on them when they are available for EPA's consideration in its development of comments of the documents and its submission to the Stockholm Convention Secretariat (hereafter Secretariat).
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; South Carolina: Revisions to State Implementation Plan; Clarification
EPA is clarifying its approval of revisions to the South Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP), published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2006. EPA's action modified South Carolina's federally approved Regulation 61-62.1 ``Definitions and General Requirements,'' by revising the definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). This action merely clarifies the list of compounds which are excluded from the definition of VOC.
Meetings of the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC)
The Local Government Advisory Committee Steering Committee and the Small Community Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS) will meet via conference call(s). The conference call in number is (866) 299-3188 and the conference code, when prompted is ``2025642791''. Local Government Advisory Committee Steering Committee will meet via conference call(s) on the following dates:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Application and Summary Report for an Emergency Exemption for Pesticides; EPA ICR No. 0596.09, OMB Control No. 2070-0032
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR, entitled: ``Application and Summary Report for an Emergency Exemption for Pesticides'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 0596.09 and OMB Control No. 2070-0032, is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2008. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection.
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