Environmental Protection Agency January 7, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

EPA has supplemented the Transport Rule docket with additional information relevant to the rulemaking, including unit-level SO2 Group 1 and Group 2, NOX annual, and NOX ozone season allowances for existing units calculated using two alternative methodologies and data supporting those calculations. This NODA requests public comment on these two alternative allocation methodologies for existing units, on the unit- level allocations calculated using those alternative methodologies, on the data supporting the calculations, and on any resulting implications for the proposed assurance provisions. This NODA also requests comment on information about: An alternative approach to calculation of assurance provision allowance surrender requirements; allocations for new units locating in Indian country in the proposed Transport Rule region in the future; and provisions for states to submit State Implementation Plans providing for State allocation of allowances in the proposed Transport Rule trading programs.

In accordance with Section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i) and Section 7003(d) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6973, notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement with 275 de minimis settling parties for recovery of response costs concerning the Operating Industries, Inc., Superfund Site in Monterey Park, California. The settlement is entered into pursuant to Section 122(g) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g) and it requires the settling parties to pay $17,027,998 to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Agency). The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling parties pursuant to Sections 106 or 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a) or 9606, and Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.