Environmental Protection Agency July 24, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), notice is given of a proposed consent decree in Our Children's Earth Foundation v. Wheeler, No. 3:19-cv-07125 (N.D. Cal.). On October 29, 2019, Our Children's Earth Foundation filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') failed to perform non- discretionary duties to review the existing New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'') governing Secondary Lead Smelters (``Secondary Lead Smelters NSPS''); Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants (``Lead- Acid Battery Manufacturing NSPS''); Industrial Surface Coating: Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business Machines (``Industrial Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business Machines NSPS''); and Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations (``Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations NSPS''), and to review the existing National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (``NESHAP'') governing Dry Cleaning Facilities: National Perchloroethylene Air Emission Standards (``Dry Cleaning Facilities NESHAP''); Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations at Area Sources (``Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations NESHAP''), and Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing Area Sources (``Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing NESHAP''). The proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to take action on these source categories.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30- day public comment period on documents associated with a Report on Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling for Chloroprene and a Supplemental Analysis of Metabolite Clearance. These documents will undergo independent external scientific peer review managed by Versar (https://www.versar.com/), an EPA contractor. Public comments on the documents associated with the PBPK modeling will be provided to the external peer reviewers. Versar will convene a virtual meeting of the peer reviewers, which will be open to the public and include an opportunity to provide oral comments. In preparation for the external peer review, EPA is also announcing a 30-day public comment period on the pool of candidates to conduct the external peer review of the documents identified above. Versar will consider public comments on these candidates and evaluate any conflicts of interest and/or appearance of lack of impartiality, and will then select nine independent experts from the pool of 19 candidates. Information on the external peer review process, including details on how to provide comments on the proposed pool of candidates, is further described in this notice. Once complete, the final peer review report will be used to inform EPA's Reconsideration of a 2017 Request for Correction related to the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment of chloroprene.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is updating the regulatory materials incorporated by reference into the Idaho State Implementation Plan (SIP). The regulations addressed in this action were previously submitted by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and approved by the EPA in prior rulemakings. This action is an administrative change that updates the SIP materials available for public inspection at the EPA Regional Office and the National Archives and Records Administration.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is issuing a technical amendment to update the program websites for trade secrecy regulations. This action amends the regulations to remove the outdated substantiation form for trade secrecy claims from the Code of Federal Regulations. The most current substantiation form is posted on EPA program websites. The Agency is also including clarification within a note in the regulations for state coordination of emergency response.

This action finalizes the residual risk and technology review (RTR) conducted for the Rubber Tire Manufacturing source category regulated under national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP). In addition, we are taking final action to add electronic reporting of performance test results and reports, compliance reports, and Notification of Compliance Status (NOCS) reports and to remove the provision that exempts emissions from compliance with the standards during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM). These amendments are made under the authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and will improve effectiveness of the rule. The amendments are environmentally neutral.