Environmental Protection Agency July 9, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces that on May 3, 2010, the State of Oregon was deemed authorized under section 404(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2684(a), to administer and enforce requirements for a renovation, repair and painting program in accordance with section 402(c)(3) of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2682(c)(3), and a lead-based paint pre-renovation education program in accordance with section 406(b) of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2686(b). This notice also announces that EPA is seeking comment during a 45-day public comment period, and is providing an opportunity to request a public hearing within the first 15 days of this comment period, on whether these Oregon programs are at least as protective as the Federal programs and provide for adequate enforcement. This notice also announces that the authorization of the Oregon 402(c)(3) and 406(b) programs, which were deemed authorized by regulation and statute on May 3, 2010, will continue without further notice unless EPA, based on its own review and/or comments received during the comment period, disapproves one or both of these Oregon program applications on or before October 31, 2010.

EPA in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District (USACE) intends to prepare an EIS to designate a new ODMDS offshore the mouth of the St. Johns River. The EIS will provide the information necessary to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with ODMDS alternatives and identify a preferred alternative that meets EPA's site selection criteria at 40 CFR 228.5 and 228.6. Need for Action: The USACE has requested that EPA designate an additional ODMDS, 4 square nautical miles in size, offshore the mouth of the St. Johns River for the disposal of dredged material from the Jacksonville Harbor Federal Navigation Project and from Naval Station Mayport. The need for an additional ODMDS is based on observed mounding at the existing Jacksonville ODMDS, capacity computer modeling results, and estimates of future proposed projects. Alternatives: The following proposed alternatives have been tentatively defined. 1. No action. The no action alternative is defined as not designating an additional ocean disposal site. The existing Jacksonville ODMDS would reach capacity in 8 to 10 years. 2. Expansion of the existing Jacksonville ODMDS. Expand the existing Jacksonville ODMDS to the south and east. 3. South Alternative ODMDS. Designate an ODMDS 5.8 to 8.6 nautical miles southeast of St. Johns River entrance. 4. North Alternative ODMDS. Designate an ODMDS 4.1 to 7.1 nautical miles northeast of St. Johns River entrance. Scoping: EPA is requesting written comments from federal, state, and local governments, industry, non-governmental organizations, and the general public on the range of alternatives considered, specific environmental issues to be evaluated in the EIS, and the potential impacts of the alternatives for an ODMDS designated offshore the mouth of the St. Johns River. Scoping comments will be accepted for 60 days, beginning with the date of this Notice. A public scoping meeting will be held in the Jacksonville, Florida area in August of 2010. Estimated Date of Draft EIS Release: September 2011. Responsible Official: A. Stanley Meiburg, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Terpene Constituents of the Extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides near ambrosioides ([alpha]-terpinene, d- limonene and p-cymene) as Synthetically Manufactured in or on all food commodities when applied/used as a biochemical insecticide and acaricide. AgraQuest, Incorporated submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Terpene Constituents of the Extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides near ambrosioides ([alpha]-terpinene, d-limonene and p- cymene) as Synthetically Manufactured under FFDCA.