Environmental Protection Agency September 6, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of response costs under CERCLA Section 122(h)(1), concerning the RBF Frozen Desserts Superfund Site in West Hartford, Connecticut with the following settling party: H.P.D.I., LLC. The settlement requires H.P.D.I., LLC to pay $40,000.00 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund, in two installments. For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The United States will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109-3912.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a notice with the names and affiliations of additional candidates for consideration for the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) on August 3, 2017. Public comments were requested to be received by the Docket Identification Number: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0713. This document extends the public comment period from September 5, 2017 to September 17, 2017.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of New Hampshire on August 9, 2011, and July 23, 2013. These SIP revisions establish rules for open burning and establish emission standards and operating practices for incinerators and wood waste burners that are not regulated pursuant to federal incinerator standards. We are also approving revisions to the definitions of ``Incinerator'' and ``Wood Waste Burner,'' submitted by the State on July 23, 2013 and October 26, 2016, respectively. This action is being taken in accordance with the Clean Air Act.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the comment period for a proposed rulemaking notice published in the Federal Register on July 18, 2017, which accompanied a direct final rulemaking published on the same date. In the July 18, 2017, action, EPA proposed to approve several revisions to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of North Carolina through the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (formerly the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources), Division of Air Quality, on October 14, 2004, March 24, 2006, and January 31, 2008. The revisions include changes to several regulations and the addition of a new section to the Exclusionary Rules of the North Carolina SIP. It was brought to EPA's attention that it inadvertently did not include the October 14, 2004, and January 31, 2008, state submittals and related materials in the electronic docket at the time of the publication of the proposed rulemaking notice, and the agency was asked to extend the comment period. The materials have been added to the docket, and EPA is reopening the comment period for an additional 15 days.

The Agency is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled ``Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 2017-XX: Notifications, Non-notifications and Minor Formulation Amendments.'' PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This particular draft PR Notice provides updated guidance to PR Notice 98-10, in line with current regulatory statutes (PRIA) to the registrant and other interested parties for notifications, non-notifications and minor formulation amendments.

EPA is announcing its receipt of information submitted pursuant to a rule, order, or consent agreement issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). As required by TSCA, this document identifies each chemical substance and/or mixture for which information has been received; the uses or intended uses of such chemical substance and/or mixture; and describes the nature of the information received. Each chemical substance and/or mixture related to this announcement is identified in Unit I. under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.