Environmental Protection Agency September 8, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR) ``Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles'' (EPA ICR No. 2394.03, OMB Control No. 2060- 0678), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 28, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 15, 2011 during a 60- day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 60 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Sierra Club v. McCarthy, Civil Case No. 1:14-cv-00222 (D.D.C.). On February 17, 2014, Plaintiff filed a complaint which alleged that Gina McCarthy, in her official capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), failed to perform a mandatory duty to promulgate a Federal Implementation Plan (``FIP'') for Montana's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'') program to properly regulate nitrogen oxides as an ozone precursor. The proposed consent decree would establish a deadline for EPA to take this action.

In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 2, of two proposed settlement agreements pursuant to Sections 106 and 122 of CERCLA, for Removal Action by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser (``Settlement Agreements''), entered into by and between EPA, Region 2, LSG 363 Bond Street LLC and LSG 365 Bond Street LLC (``Purchasers'') (collectively, the ``Parties'') under CERCLA. Under the Settlement Agreements, the Purchasers agree to perform a removal action and pay certain response costs in connection with the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site (``Site'') located in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York and properties located at 388 Carroll Street, 363 Bond Street, and 365 Bond Street, Brooklyn, New York (collectively, the ``Properties''). The Settlement Agreements include a covenant by EPA not to sue or to take administrative action against the Purchasers pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, with regard to the Existing Contamination, as defined in the Settlement Agreements. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the Settlement Agreements. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Settlement Agreements if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the proposed Settlement Agreements are inappropriate, improper or inadequate. EPA's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at EPA Region 2 offices, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.