Environmental Protection Agency June 7, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Approval of Tennessee's Request To Relax the Federal Reid Vapor Pressure Gasoline Volatility Standard for Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties; and Minor Technical Corrections for Federal Reid Vapor Pressure Gasoline Volatility Standards in Other Areas
Document Number: 2017-11700
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-06-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a request from the state of Tennessee for EPA to relax the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) standard applicable to gasoline introduced into commerce from June 1 to September 15 of each year in Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties (the Middle Tennessee Area). Specifically, EPA is approving amendments to the regulations to allow the gasoline RVP standard for the five counties to rise from 7.8 pounds per square inch (psi) to 9.0 psi. EPA has determined that this change to the federal RVP regulation is consistent with the applicable provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Finally, EPA is making several minor technical corrections to address clerical errors made in prior rulemakings that relaxed the gasoline RVP standard in other areas.
Air Plan Approval; Nevada, Lake Tahoe; Second 10-Year Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan
Document Number: 2017-11699
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-06-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve revisions to the State of Nevada's (``State'') April 3, 2012 state implementation plan (SIP) submission and the State's August 26, 2016 supplement to their 2012 submittal. The State submitted these two SIP revisions for the Lake Tahoe, Nevada carbon monoxide (CO) area to address the Clean Air Act (CAA) requirement to submit by the eighth year of the first maintenance plan a second 10-year maintenance plan.
Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Palo Seco Superfund Site, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Document Number: 2017-11461
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-06-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with 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 a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement pursuant to CERCLA, with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (``PREPA'') concerning the PREPA Palo Seco Superfund Site (``Site''), located between Ensenada de Boca Vieja and San Juan Bay in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
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