Environmental Protection Agency November 12, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Survey of State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs)'' (EPA ICR No. 2660.01, OMB Control No. 2050-new) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a request for approval of a new collection. 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.

On April 17, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) promulgated national minimum criteria for existing and new coal combustion residuals (CCR) landfills and existing and new CCR surface impoundments. On August 21, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its opinion in the case of Utility Solid Waste Activities Group v. EPA, 901 F.3d 414 (per curiam) (USWAG). This rule finalizes regulations proposed on March 3, 2020, including procedures to allow facilities to request approval to operate an existing CCR surface impoundment with an alternate liner, among other things. Provisions from the proposed rule that are not addressed in this rule will be addressed in a subsequent action.