Environmental Protection Agency September 14, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Ohio 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 Ohio's application with regards to Federal requirements, and is proposing to authorize the State's changes.

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to resolve a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club (``Plaintiff'') in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Sierra Club v. Jackson, No. 1; 11-cv-00636 (D.D.C.). Plaintiff's filed a deadline suit to compel the Administrator to respond to an administrative petition seeking EPA's objection to a proposed CAA Title V operating renewal permit to be issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to the Edwardsport Generating Station in Knox County, Indiana. Under the proposed consent decree, EPA would agree to respond to the petition by September 30, 2011, or within 20 business days after entry of the consent decree by the Court, whichever is later.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, the EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to resolve a lawsuit filed by the WildEarth Guardians (``Plaintiff'') in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico: WildEarth Guardians v. Jackson, No. 1:11-cv- 00461 (D. NM). Plaintiff's filed a deadline suit to compel the Administrator to respond to an administrative petition seeking EPA's objection to a CAA Title V operating permit issued by the New Mexico Environmental Department, Air Quality Bureau to the Public Service Company of New Mexico to operate the San Juan Generating Station. Under the proposed consent decree, EPA would agree to respond to the petition by February 15, 2012, or within 30 days after entry of the consent decree by the Court, whichever is later.

EPA is revoking certain tolerances in follow-up to canceled uses for chloroneb, chlorpyrifos, clofencet, endosulfan, ethyl parathion, methidathion, methyl parathion, and N,N-diethyl-2-(4- methylbenzyloxy)ethylamine, modifying certain tolerances for atrazine, setting a revocation date for specific endosulfan tolerances, and making minor revisions to tolerance expressions for a few of the aforementioned pesticide ingredients. Also, EPA is removing expired tolerances for methidathion, and ethyl and methyl parathion.

This notice announces EPA's receipt of an application 464-EUP- RNA from Dow Chemical Co. requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for Dibromomalonamide. The Agency has determined that the permit may be of regional and national significance. Therefore, in accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the Agency is soliciting comments on this application.

This notice announces EPA's order for the amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of products containing formetanate HCl and acephate, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a July 13, 2011 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily amend their formetanate HCl and acephate product registrations to delete uses. These are not the last products containing these pesticides registered for use in the United States. In the July 13, 2011 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested amendments to terminate uses of formetanate HCl and acephate product registrations. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.