Environmental Protection Agency February 10, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

EPA is proposing to update a portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (``OCS'') Air Regulations. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of States' seaward boundaries must be updated periodically to remain consistent with the requirements of the corresponding onshore area, as mandated by the Clean Air Act (``the Act''). The portion of the OCS air regulations that is being updated pertains to the requirements for OCS sources in the State of Alaska. The intended effect of approving the OCS requirements for the State of Alaska is to regulate emissions from OCS sources in accordance with the requirements onshore. The change to the existing requirements discussed below is proposed to be incorporated by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations and is listed in the appendix to the OCS air regulations.

EPA has authorized the United States Department of Justice (``DOJ'') to disclose, in response to discovery requests received by the United States in the litigation styled, Tronox Incorporated, et al., v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp., et al., Adv. Proc. No. 09-01198 (ALG), pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the ``Anadarko Litigation''), and in response to discovery requests received by defendants Kerr-McGee Corporation and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the ``Anadarko Securities Litigation Defendants'') in the litigation styled, In re Tronox, Inc., Securities Litigation 09-cv-06220 (SAS), pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the ``Tronox Securities Litigation''), information which has been submitted to EPA by its contractors that is claimed to be, or has been determined to be, confidential business information (``CBI''). On October 21, 2010, EPA provided notice in the Federal Register, 75 FR 65013 (the ``Anadarko Litigation FRN''), of past disclosure and of ongoing and contemplated future disclosure in the Anadarko Litigation. EPA is providing notice of contemplated future disclosure in the Tronox Securities Litigation. Interested persons may submit comments on this Notice to the address noted below.