Environmental Protection Agency August 7, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Notification of Two Public Quality Review Teleconferences of the Chartered Science Advisory Board
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two public teleconferences of the chartered SAB to conduct quality reviews of: (1) An SAB draft review report on EPA's ecological assessment action plan and (2) an SAB draft review report on EPA's accounting framework for biogenic carbon dioxide emissions from stationary sources.
Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Stormwater Discharges From Construction Activities
EPA previously announced the issuance of the NPDES general permit for stormwater discharges from construction activity, also referred to as the 2012 Construction General Permit (2012 CGP), in the February 29, 2012 Federal Register. Today's action provides notice of final 2012 CGP issuance for Idaho; Washington (for projects involving federal operators); the Fond Du Lac Band and Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota; the Bad River Band and Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Wisconsin. EPA is also today providing notice of its correction of typographical errors made in the 2012 CGP pertaining to New Mexico's state-specific requirements and the state's list of designated Tier 2 and Tier 3 waters, and a correction to EPA's omission of Idaho's list of designated Tier 2 and Tier 3 waters.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Attainment Demonstration for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Moderate Nonattainment Area
EPA is proposing to approve the attainment demonstration portion of the attainment plan submitted by the State of Delaware through the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) as a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision that demonstrates attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-MD-DE, moderate nonattainment area (Philadelphia Area) by the applicable attainment date of June 2011. EPA has determined that Delaware's SIP revision meets the applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). This action is being taken in accordance with the CAA.
Oklahoma: Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program
The EPA proposes to codify in the regulations entitled ``Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs'', Oklahoma's authorized hazardous waste program. The EPA will incorporate by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) those provisions of the State regulations that are authorized and that the EPA will enforce under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, commonly referred to as the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Oklahoma: Incorporation by Reference of Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Program
The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to authorize States to operate their hazardous waste management programs in lieu of the Federal program. The EPA uses the regulations entitled ``Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs'' to provide notice of the authorization status of State programs and to incorporate by reference those provisions of the State statutes and regulations that will be subject to the EPA's inspection and enforcement. The rule codifies in the regulations the prior approval of Oklahoma's hazardous waste management program and incorporates by reference authorized provisions of the State's statutes and regulations.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Forest County Potawatomi Community Reservation Class I Area
EPA is approving procedures for permitting certain sources in relation to the Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCP Community) Class I Area into the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP). These provisions were submitted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) on May 12, 2011. The provisions include the regulation of certain sources constructing near the FCP Community Class I Area, as well as procedures for the FCP Community's demonstration regarding a source that may have an adverse impact on the Class I Area. The provisions implement portions of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) entered into by Wisconsin and the FCP Community as part of a dispute resolution related to the Class I Area redesignation.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Regional Haze
EPA is approving revisions to the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP) addressing regional haze for the first implementation period, which extends through July 31, 2018. Wisconsin submitted its regional haze plan on January 18, 2012, with a supplemental submittal on June 7, 2012. EPA received comments on its proposed approval, addressing best available retrofit technology (BART) for a Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, L.P. (Georgia-Pacific) paper facility and for power plants. EPA provides its response to these comments, and concludes that the Wisconsin regional haze plan satisfactorily addresses these requirements. Consequently, EPA is approving an administrative order establishing BART requirements for Georgia-Pacific into the Wisconsin SIP. More generally, EPA finds that Wisconsin has satisfied the applicable requirements for the State to remedy any existing and to prevent future impairment of visibility at mandatory Class I areas.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Volatile Organic Compound Emission Control Measures for Milwaukee and Sheboygan Ozone Nonattainment Areas
EPA is approving, under the Clean Air Act (the Act), revisions to the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on September 1, 2009, November 16, 2011, and January 26, 2012. The purpose of these revisions is to satisfy the Act's requirement that states revise their SIPs to include Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for sources of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions in moderate ozone nonattainment areas. Wisconsin's VOC rules provide RACT requirements for the Milwaukee-Racine and Sheboygan 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas. These rules are approvable because they are consistent with the Control Technique Guideline (CTG) documents issued by EPA in 2006 and 2007 and satisfy the RACT requirements of the Act. EPA proposed this rule for approval on February 22, 2012, and received no comments.
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