Environmental Protection Agency August 23, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion
Document Number: 2010-20848
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-08-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a petition submitted by Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) to exclude (or delist) its wastewater treatment biosludge generated by its Ingleside, Texas facility from the lists of hazardous wastes. This final rule responds to the petition submitted by OxyChem to delist K019, K020, F025, F001, F003, and F005 waste resulting from the treatment of wastewaters from the manufacturing processes at its facility.
Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion
Document Number: 2010-20847
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-08-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a petition submitted by Tokusen USA, Inc. (called Tokusen hereinafter) to exclude (or delist) a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) sludge filter cake (called sludge hereinafter) generated by Tokusen in Conway, AR from the list of hazardous wastes. The final rule responds to the petition submitted by Tokusen, to delist the WWTP sludge.
Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Activities in Target Housing and Child Occupied Facilities; State of Rhode Island and State of Massachusetts. Notice of Self-Certification Program Authorization, Request for Public Comment, Opportunity for Public Hearing
Document Number: 2010-20846
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-08-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces that on April 20, 2010, the State of Rhode Island, and on July 9, 2010, the State of Massachusetts, were deemed authorized under section 404(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2684(a), and 40 CFR 745.324(d)(2), to administer and enforce requirements for renovation, repair and painting programs in accordance with section 402(c)(3) of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2682(c)(3). 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 Rhode Island's and Massachusetts's programs are at least as protective as the Federal program and provide for adequate enforcement. This notice also announces that Rhode Island's and Massachusetts's 402(c)(3) programs were deemed authorized by regulation and statute on April 20, 2010, and July 9, 2010, respectively, and will continue without further notice unless EPA, based on its own review and/or comments received during the comment period, disapproves the Rhode Island and Massachusetts program applications on or before October 20, 2010 and January 9, 2011, respectively.
Testing of Certain High Production Volume Chemical Substances; Third Group of Chemical Substances; Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: 2010-20845
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-08-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA will hold a public meeting to give members of the public an opportunity to comment on a proposed rule under section 4(a)(1)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) entitled ``Testing of Certain High Production Volume Chemicals; Third Group of Chemicals.'' The proposed rule, when finalized, would require manufacturers, importers, and processors of certain high production volume (HPV) chemical substances to conduct testing to obtain screening level data for health and environmental effects and chemical fate. Opportunity to present oral comment was provided in the proposed rule and in response to that opportunity, a request to present oral comments was received.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ambient Air Methods and Monitoring Subcommittee (AAMMS)
Document Number: 2010-20840
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-08-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a public teleconference on September 15, 2010, of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ambient Air Monitoring & Methods Subcommittee (AAMMS or Subcommittee) to provide advice on EPA's white paper, Approach for the Development of a New Federal Reference Method for Lead (Pb) in Total Suspended Particulates (TSP).
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Four Case Studies of Water Utility Practices
Document Number: 2010-20838
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-08-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the draft document titled, ``Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Four Case Studies of Water Utility Practices'' (EPA/600/R-10/077a). The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment within EPA's Office of Research and Development.
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