Environmental Protection Agency April 17, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

EPA is announcing the availability of updated systematic review supplemental files with data evaluation scoring sheets, as supporting documents for the draft risk evaluation for Colour Index (C. I.) Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA has already made 24 full study reports on PV29 available to the public, in some instances with information withheld as confidential business information (CBI) pursuant to EPA regulations. EPA is seeking public comment on the draft risk evaluation for PV29 in light of the additional materials already made or being made publicly available. These materials have been considered in the risk evaluation process of PV29, and EPA has also submitted these materials to the TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC). Comments submitted will be considered by the agency and also provided to the TSCA SACC peer review panel, which will have the opportunity to consider the comments during its discussions.

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1156.14, OMB Control Number 2060- 0059), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 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 neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The State of West Virginia has submitted revisions to its authorized National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) review. These revisions consist of amendments to the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act and to West Virginia's Code of State Regulations. The EPA reviewed and responded to the comments received during the public comments request published in the Federal Register dated on September 17, 2018. For the reasons set forth in the administrative record, EPA announces the approval of these revisions because West Virginia's NPDES program addressed by the revisions remains consistent with the applicable requirements in the Clean Water Act.