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

Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Monitoring: Recordkeeping: Reporting
Document Number: 2021-18248
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving changes to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted through the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) on October 9, 2020. The SIP revision seeks to modify the State's monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting regulations by adding one definition, adding references to approved testing methods, updating the reference format, and making minor changes to general formatting and language use for clarity purposes. EPA is approving these changes pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets
Document Number: 2021-18247
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted on July 16, 2020, by the State of North Carolina, through the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) for the purpose of allocating a portion of the available 2026 safety margin in the 2008 8-hour Ozone Maintenance Plan to the 2026 nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) motor vehicle emissions budgets (``MVEBs'' or ``budgets'') for the North Carolina portion of the Charlotte-Rock Hill, NC-SC bi-state Area (hereinafter referred to as the ``North Carolina portion of the Charlotte Maintenance Area'') to account for uncertainty associated with the mobile emissions model and unanticipated growth in vehicle miles traveled for the North Carolina portion of the Charlotte Maintenance Area. The revision also updates the 2026 MVEBs which are used for transportation conformity. NCDAQ's July 16, 2020, submission supplements the revised 2008 8-hour Ozone Maintenance Plan submitted by NCDAQ on July 25, 2018, and approved by EPA on September 11, 2019. EPA is approving North Carolina's July 16, 2020, supplemental SIP revision pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and deeming the MVEBs adequate for transportation conformity purposes because the SIP meets all the statutory and regulatory requirements.
Proposed Information Collection Request Extension; Comment Request; Information Request for the Underground Injection Control Program
Document Number: 2021-18240
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Information Collection Request for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program'' (EPA ICR No. 0370.27, OMB Control No. 2040-0042) 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 in the SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION section of this document. This is a proposed 3-year extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 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.
Notice of Proposed Reissuance of the NPDES General Permits for Wastewater Lagoon Systems in Indian Country in EPA, Region 8
Document Number: 2021-18229
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA, Region 8 (R8) is providing for comment the draft 2021 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permits for Wastewater Lagoon Systems in Indian Country in R8. These draft permits are renewals of existing permits and will authorize discharge of wastewater from lagoons located in R8 Indian country in accordance with the terms and conditions described therein. EPA proposes to issue these permits for five (5) years and is seeking public comment on the draft permits.
Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Ohio Permit Fee Rule Removal
Document Number: 2021-18166
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving under the Clean Air Act (CAA), a revision to Ohio's State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) on November 12, 2020, and supplemented on February 11, 2021. OEPA requested to remove the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Permit Fees rule provisions from the Ohio SIP because they no longer exist at the state level and have been superseded by the fee system in Ohio's Title V permitting program and the Ohio Revised Code (ORC). OEPA rescinded the permit fee rules at the state level in 2003. EPA proposed to approve this action on April 13, 2021, and received no comments.
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Emissions Statement Rule Certification for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Document Number: 2021-18159
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a state implementation plan (SIP) revision formally submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This revision fulfills Pennsylvania's emissions statement requirement for the 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Arizona
Document Number: 2021-18014
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice is hereby given that the State of Arizona (State) revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting regulations to implement the federal Stage 1 and Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rules (DBPRs). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the State's revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations and otherwise meet applicable SDWA primacy requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to approve the stated revisions as part of the State's PWSS Program.
Air Plan Approval; California; Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District
Document Number: 2021-17239
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2021-08-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District (EKAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning the EKAPCD's demonstration regarding reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements and negative declarations for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or ``standards'') in the portion of the Kern County nonattainment area under the jurisdiction of EKAPCD. We are proposing action on a SIP revision under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.
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