Environmental Protection Agency May 7, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

EPA is announcing a public comment period for the external review draft document titled ``Toxicological Review of Pentachlorophenol: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/635/R-09/004). The EPA intends to consider comments and recommendations from the public and the expert panel meeting, which will be scheduled at a later date and announced in the Federal Register, when EPA finalizes the draft document. The public comment period will provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the document. EPA intends to forward public comments, submitted in accordance with this notice, to the external peer-review panel prior to the meeting for their consideration. When finalizing the draft document, EPA intends to consider any public comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice.

EPA is notifying the public that it has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) in the Crittenden County, Arkansas Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision, submitted on February 24, 2009 and supplemented on March 6, 2009, by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's finding, Crittenden County must use these MVEBs for future conformity determinations for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.

EPA Region 4 today is proposing for public comment the issuance of its 2009 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permit for stormwater discharges on Indian Country Lands within the states of Region 4 from new dischargers engaged in large and small construction activities. Hereinafter, this NPDES general permit will be referred to as ``permit'' or ``2009 construction general permit'' or ``2009 CGP.'' ``New dischargers'' are those who did not file a notice of intent (``NOI'') to be covered under the 2004 construction general permit (``2004 CGP'') before it expired. Existing dischargers who properly filed an NOI to be covered under the 2004 CGP continue to be authorized to discharge under that permit according to its terms. This draft 2009 CGP contains generally the same limits and conditions as the National CGP issued by other EPA regions on July 30, 2008 (``2008 National CGP''). As proposed, EPA Region 4 is issuing this CGP for a period not to exceed two (2) years and will make the permit available to new construction activities and unpermitted ongoing activities only.