Environmental Protection Agency May 13, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. The Committee advises on economic, environmental, technical scientific, and enforcement policy issues. Dates & Addresses: Open meeting notice; Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Section 10(a)(2), notice is hereby given that the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee will hold their next open meeting on Wednesday June 8, 2011 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Almas Temple, located at 1315 K Street, NW., Washington, DC. Seating will be available on a first come, first served basis. The Economic Incentives and Regulatory Innovations subcommittee will meet on Tuesday June 7, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Permits, New Source Reviews and Toxics subcommittee will meet on Tuesday June 7, 2011 from approximately 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The meetings will also be held at the Almas Temple in Washington, DC. In conjunction with the CAAAC meeting, the Clean Air Excellence Awards will be presenting from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. also at the Almas Temple. The awards are also open to the public. The agenda for the CAAAC full committee meeting on June 8, 2011 will be posted on the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Web site at https://www.epa.gov/oar/caaac/. Inspection of Committee Documents: The Committee agenda and any documents prepared for the meeting will be publicly available at the meeting. Thereafter, these documents, together with CAAAC meeting minutes, will be available by contacting the Office of Air and Radiation Docket and requesting information under docket OAR-2004-0075. The Docket office can be reached by e-mail at: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov or FAX: 202-566-9744.

EPA approved Alaska's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program application on October 31, 2008 pursuant to section 402 of the Clean Water Act (CWA or ``the Act''). The approved State program, called the Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (APDES), includes an implementation plan that transfers the administration of specific program components from EPA to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) in four phases over a three year period from the date of program approval. Phases I-III have been transferred from EPA to ADEC. Transfer of the final phase, Phase IV, is currently scheduled for October 31, 2011. ADEC has made a submission for approval for a one year extension of the transfer of Phase IV of the APDES program, which includes oil and gas, cooling water intakes and dischargers, munitions and all other remaining facilities not previously transferred in Phases I-III. If EPA approves the APDES program revision, Phase IV will transfer to ADEC four years from the date of program approval, or October 31, 2012. Today, EPA is requesting comments on the proposed one year extension and is providing notice of a public hearing and comment period on the proposal. The EPA Region 10 Regional Administrator will either approve or disapprove the APDES program revision after considering all comments received during the public comment period.

EPA is proposing to approve a request submitted by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management on November 24, 2010 to revise the Indiana State Implementation Plan (SIP). The submission revises the Indiana Administrative Code (IAC) by amending and updating the definition of ``References to the Code of Federal Regulations,'' to refer to the 2009 edition. The submission revision also makes a minor revision to the definition of ``Nonphotochemically reactive hydrocarbons'' or ``negligibly photochemically reactive compounds'' by deleting an outdated Federal Register citation.

EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) on October 27, 2010. This revision pertains to EPA's greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting provisions as promulgated on June 3, 2010 in the Tailoring Rule. The SIP revision modifies Virginia's PSD program to establish appropriate emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and modifications become subject to Virginia's PSD permitting requirements for their GHG emissions. EPA is approving Virginia's SIP revision because the Agency has determined that this SIP revision is in accordance with the CAA and Federal regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs.