Environmental Protection Agency January 14, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Action To Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Finding of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plan Revision Required of Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District for Jefferson County, KY
The EPA is making a finding that the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (LMAPCD) has failed to submit a revision to its EPA-approved state implementation plan (SIP) for Jefferson County, Kentucky, to satisfy requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to apply Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements to greenhouse gas (GHG)-emitting sources. By notice dated December 13, 2010, EPA issued a ``SIP call'' for 13 states (comprising 15 state and local programs, including Kentucky's LMAPCD), requiring each state to revise its SIP as necessary to correct the SIP's failure to apply PSD to such sources and establishing a SIP submittal deadline for each state. By this action, EPA is making a finding that the LMAPCD has failed to submit the required SIP revision by January 1, 2011, which is the SIP submittal deadline that EPA established in the SIP call for LMAPCD. This finding requires EPA to promulgate a federal implementation plan (FIP) for Jefferson County, Kentucky, applying PSD to GHG-emitting sources, and EPA is taking a separate action to promulgate the FIP immediately.
Action To Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Federal Implementation Plan for Jefferson County, KY
EPA is establishing a federal implementation plan (FIP) to apply in Jefferson County, Kentucky because the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (LMAPCD), through the Commonwealth of Kentucky, has not submitted by its established deadline of January 1, 2011, a state implementation plan (SIP) revision to apply their Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program to sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs). This action will ensure that a permitting authorityEPAis available in Jefferson County, Kentucky to issue preconstruction PSD permits to GHG- emitting sources. This action is related to EPA's recent final rule, the GHG PSD SIP Call, published on December 13, 2010, in which EPA made a finding of substantial inadequacy and issued a SIP call to LMAPCD because the SIP for Jefferson County does not apply the PSD program to GHG-emitting sources.
Notice of a Project Waiver of Section 1605: (Buy American Requirement) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the Inland Empire Utilities Agency
The EPA is hereby granting a project waiver of the Buy American requirements of ARRA Section 1605(a) under the authority of Section 1605(b)(2) (manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality) to the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), a Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)/ARRA loan recipient, for the purchase of Air Release Vacuum (ARV) Valves manufactured by A.R.I. in Israel, for Project 5176-140 funded by the California CWSRF/ ARRA Loan 08-851. This is a different project than Project 5176-110/5176-130 which was previously issued a waiver for this same product. The IEUA indicates that the design for the Church Street lateral project includes A.R.I. valves, which are the standard air relief structures used within the regional pipeline system, and that currently there is not a comparable domestic equivalent that meets the IEUA specifications. This is a project-specific waiver and only applies to the use of the specified product for the ARRA funded project being proposed. Any other ARRA project that may wish to use the same product must apply for a separate waiver based on project-specific circumstances. The Assistant Administrator of the Office of Administration and Resources Management has concurred with this decision to make an exception under section 1605(b)(2) of ARRA.
Notice of a Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American Requirement) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the Lake County Special Districts
The EPA is hereby granting a project waiver of the Buy American requirements of ARRA Section 1605(a) under the authority of Section 1605(b)(2) (manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality) to the Lake County Special Districts (Lake County), California for the Kelseyville Wastewater Treatment Plant project. Lake County indicates that the design for the Kelseyville project (Project 4593-110 funded by the California Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) ARRA Loan 08-821) requires check valves capable of performing under high pressure at a wastewater effluent pump station. Lake County is receiving this waiver to purchase Noreva V625 non-slam check valves for this purpose. This waiver applies only to this project. Other ARRA projects that wish to use the same product must apply for a separate waiver based on their project-specific circumstances. The Assistant Administrator of the Office of Administration and Resources Management has concurred with this decision to make an exception under section 1605(b)(2) of ARRA.
Minnesota: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
Minnesota has applied to EPA for final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has reviewed Minnesota's application with regards to Federal requirements, and is proposing to authorize the State's changes.
Request Facilities To Report Toxics Release Inventory Information Electronically or Complete Fill-and-Print Reporting Forms
With this document, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) strongly recommends facilities use the Toxics Release Inventory-Made Easy Web application (TRI-MEweb) to report and submit Toxics Release Information (TRI) data to EPA. TRI-MEweb provides useful features to facilitate the submission process and validates data to help ensure accuracy. Recognizing that some facilities are still using paper forms rather than TRI-MEweb, EPA is providing a new electronically fillable version of Form R, Form R Schedule 1, and Form A to make it easier for respondents to complete these forms and for EPA to read and process the submitted forms. The use of TRI-MEweb (the preferred method) or, alternatively, the Fill-and-Print TRI Forms will help ensure data accuracy, while also reducing the amount of time it takes for EPA to process TRI submissions and make valuable toxic chemical release and other waste management data available to the public.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Mississippi: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Nitrogen Oxides as a Precursor to Ozone; Correction
EPA is publishing today's notice to correct the regulatory table in the Code of Federal Regulations for Mississippi's state implementation plan (SIP) to clarify that the version of Mississippi's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations incorporated into Mississippi's SIP on and after the January 19, 2011, effective date of the SIP revision approved by EPA on December 20, 2010, will be the version promulgated by the State on October 28, 2010 (state- effective date December 1, 2010), and approved by EPA on December 29, 2010. This version of Mississippi's PSD regulations includes both a SIP revision approved by EPA on December 20, 2010, and a SIP revision approved by EPA on December 29, 2010. No new SIP revisions are approved by today's notice. Today's notice clarifies that the revision identified in EPA's December 20, 2010, final action (adding nitrogen oxides (NOX) as a precursor to ozone for PSD purposes) was included in the PSD rules that were incorporated into the SIP by EPA's December 29, 2010, final action regarding greenhouse gases (GHGs).
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