Environmental Protection Agency May 25, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted on November 3, 2014, and September 27, 2019. The submitted revisions incorporate by reference the most recent updates to Oregon's Smoke Management Plan. EPA is acting only on the most recent version of such regulations as the previous versions are no longer in effect as a matter of state law. EPA is also making technical corrections related to previous approvals of components of Oregon's SIP. EPA has determined that the changes are consistent with Clean Air Act requirements.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Texas SO2 Trading Programs (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2391.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0667) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2022. 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.

This notice announces the availability of EPA's Sulfuryl Fluoride Draft Interim Re-Entry Mitigation Measures and several registration review draft risk assessments for sulfuryl fluoride. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without causing unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment. EPA may pursue mitigation at any time during the registration review process if it finds that a pesticide poses unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment. To address human health incidents and in response to EPA's Office of Inspector General 2016 (OIG) Report, Additional Measures Can Be Taken to Prevent Deaths and Serious Injuries From Residential Fumigations (No. 17-P-0053), the EPA believes that the mitigation measures outlined in this Sulfuryl Fluoride Draft Interim Re-Entry Mitigation Measures are necessary to address identified human health risk concerns. The scope of this interim mitigation is focused on the use of sulfuryl fluoride as a structural fumigant in residential use sites. The Agency is also publishing several registration review risk assessments on sulfuryl fluoride for public comment.