Environmental Protection Agency August 29, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Data Availability on the Disposal of Coal Combustion Wastes in Landfills and Surface Impoundments
Document Number: E7-17138
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability of new information and data contained in three documents that the Agency is requesting public comments on concerning the management of coal combustion wastes (CCW) in landfills and surface impoundments. The Agency is seeking public comments on how, if at all, this additional information should affect the Agency's decisions as it continues to follow-up on its Regulatory Determination for CCW disposed of in landfills and surface impoundments. The three documents that the Agency is requesting comment on include: a joint U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and EPA report entitled, Coal Combustion Waste Management at Landfills and Surface Impoundments, 1994-2004; a draft risk assessment conducted by EPA on the management of CCW in landfills and surface impoundments; and EPA's damage case assessment. The Agency solicits comments on the extent to which the damage case information, the results of the risk assessment, and the new liner and ground water monitoring information from the DOE/ EPA report should affect the Agency's decisions. EPA is also requesting direct comment on the draft risk assessment document to help inform a planned peer review. In addition, the Agency has included in the Docket to this Notice of Data Availability (NODA) a rulemaking petition submitted by a number of citizens' groups and several approaches, one prepared by the electric utility industry and the other prepared by a number of citizens' groups, regarding the management of CCW. The Agency will consider all the information provided through this notice, the comments and new information submitted on this notice, as well as the results of a subsequent peer review of the risk assessment as it continues to follow-up on its Regulatory Determination for CCW disposed of in landfills and surface impoundments.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia: Redesignation of the Murray County 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment for Ozone
Document Number: E7-17133
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On June 15, 2007, the State of Georgia, through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), submitted a request to redesignate the Murray County 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (Murray County Area) to attainment for the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS); and to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision containing a maintenance plan for the Murray County Area. The Murray County 8-hour nonattainment ozone area is a partial county area, comprised of the portion of Murray County that makes up the Chattahoochee National Forest. In this action, EPA is proposing to approve Georgia's 8-hour ozone redesignation request for the Murray County Area. Additionally, EPA is proposing to approve the 8-hour ozone maintenance plan for the Murray County Area, including the regional motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) for nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This proposed approval of Georgia's redesignation request is based on EPA's determination that Georgia has demonstrated that the Murray County Area has met the criteria for redesignation to attainment specified in the Clean Air Act (CAA), including the determination that the Murray County 8-hour ozone nonattainment area has attained the 8-hour ozone standard. In this action, EPA is also describing the status of its transportation conformity adequacy determination for the new regional MVEBs for 2018 that are contained in the 8-hour ozone maintenance plan for the Murray County Area.
Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting-September 2007
Document Number: E7-17129
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of one meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee.
Flutriafol; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance
Document Number: E7-17112
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of flutriafol per se in or on soybean. 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 soybean. This regulation establishes a maximum permissible level for residues of flutriafol per se in this food commodity. The tolerance will expire and is revoked on December 31, 2010.
Pesticide Registration Review; Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl and Etofenprox Dockets Opened for Review and Comment
Document Number: E7-17111
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has established registration review dockets for the following pesticides: Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, case 7209, and etofenprox, case 7407. With this document, EPA is opening the public comment period for these registration reviews. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, the pesticide can perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Registration review dockets contain information that will assist the public in understanding the types of information and issues that the Agency may consider during the course of registration reviews. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.
Flusilazole; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Document Number: E7-17110
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of flusilazole in or on soybean seed, soybean aspirated grain fractions, and soybean oil. This action is in response to EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the pesticide on soybeans. This regulation establishes maximum permissible levels for residues of flusilazole in these food commodities. The tolerances expire and are revoked on December 31, 2010.
Dibasic Esters (CAS Reg. No. 95481-62-2); Proposed Pesticide Tolerance Exemption
Document Number: E7-17109
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of dibasic esters (DBE; CAS Reg. No. 95481-62-2) under 40 CFR 180.1277 when used as an inert ingredient solvent material/anti-freeze microencapsulated at 10% weight/weight (W/W) or less in pesticide formulations with the active ingredient cyfluthrin. Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. New data were received by EPA after the publication of the petitoner's Notice of Filing, therefore, EPA is providing the public with an additional opportunity to comment on the petitioner's request in this proposed rule.
Meetings of the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) and the Small Community Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS)
Document Number: E7-17107
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) and the Small Community Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS) will meet in conjunction with the Environmental Council of States (ECOS) in Sun Valley, Idaho on September 18-19, 2007, at the Sun Valley Resort located at 1 Sun Valley Road, Room Limelight Salon A. Local Government Advisory Committee will meet on the following dates: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 1:30-5:30 p.m. Mountain Time (MDT). Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mountain Time (MDT). Small Community Advisory Subcommittee will meet on the following dates: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:30-12:30 p.m. Mountain Time (MDT).
Prevention of Significant Deterioration New Source Review: Refinement of Increment Modeling Procedures
Document Number: E7-17104
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is announcing a reopening of the public comment period on our proposed amendments for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration New Source Review: Refinements of Increment Modeling Procedures (June 6, 2007). The EPA is reopening the comment period that originally ended on August 6, 2007. The reopened comment period will close on September 28, 2007. The EPA is reopening the comment period because of the number of requests we received in a timely manner.
Propylene Oxide; Pesticide Tolerance
Document Number: E7-17010
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of propylene oxide and for the reaction product, propylene chlorohydrin, in or on fig; grape, raisin; and plum, prune, dried, when used as a post-harvest fumigant. This rule additionally removes all directions for use currently listed in 40 CFR 180.491. Aberco, Incorporated requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerance
Document Number: E7-16897
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of spinosad in or on fish; fish-shellfish, mollusc; and fish-shellfish, crustacean. Dow AgroSciences LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Sodium Carbonate; Weak Mineral Bases; Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Low Risk Pesticide; Notice of Availability
Document Number: E7-16806
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide sodium carbonate; weak mineral bases, and opens a public comment period on this document, related risk assessments, and other support documents. EPA has reviewed the low risk pesticide sodium carbonate; weak mineral bases through a modified, streamlined version of the public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.
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