Environmental Protection Agency December 20, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Air Plan Approval; OR; Updates to Materials Incorporated by Reference
Document Number: 2022-27490
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is updating the regulatory materials incorporated by reference into the Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP). The regulations addressed in this action were previously submitted by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) and approved by the EPA in prior rulemakings. In this action, the EPA is also notifying the public of corrections to typographical errors, and minor formatting changes to the incorporation by reference tables. This update affects the SIP materials that are available for public inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration and the EPA Regional Office.
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permits for Lucid Energy Delaware, LLC, Frac Cat and Big Lizard Compressor Stations, Lea County, New Mexico
Document Number: 2022-27512
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated November 16, 2022, granting in part and denying in part two Petitions dated June 15, 2022, and September 26, 2022, from WildEarth Guardians (collectively, the Petitions). The Petitions requested that the EPA object to two Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permits issued by the New Mexico Environmental Department's Air Quality Bureau (AQB) to the Lucid Delaware Energy, LLC (Lucid) Frac Cat Compressor Station (Frac Cat) and the Lucid Big Lizard (Big Lizard) Compressor Station, both located in Lea County, New Mexico. EPA notes that the AQB approved an Administrative Amendment transferring ownership of both facilities from Lucid Delaware Energy, LLC to Targa Northern Delaware, LLC on November 10, 2022.
Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vehicle Miles Traveled Emissions Offset Demonstrations for the 2015 Ozone Standards; California
Document Number: 2022-27511
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the California state implementation plan (SIP) concerning vehicle miles traveled (VMT) offset demonstrations for the Los AngelesSouth Coast Air Basin (South Coast), Riverside County (Coachella Valley), Los AngelesSan Bernardino Counties (West Mojave Desert), and San Joaquin Valley nonattainment areas (NAAs) for the 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The EPA is proposing to approve these revisions because they demonstrate that California has added or implemented specific enforceable transportation control strategies and transportation control measures to offset the growth in emissions from growth in VMT and vehicle trips. We are proposing to approve these revisions under the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``the Act''), which establishes VMT offset demonstration requirements for ozone nonattainment areas classified as ``Severe'' or ``Extreme.''
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers Production (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-27535
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers Production (EPA ICR Number 1790.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0361, 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 8, 2022 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.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-27534
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations (EPA ICR Number 1717.13, OMB Control Number 2060- 0313), 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 8, 2022 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.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-27533
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (EPA ICR Number 1799.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0362), 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on July 22, 2022 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.
Air Plan Approval; Texas; Reasonable Further Progress Plan for the Dallas-Fort Worth Ozone Nonattainment Area
Document Number: 2022-27603
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supplementing a proposed approval published on October 9, 2020 (``October 2020 proposal''), for revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) to meet the Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) requirements for the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) serious nonattainment area for the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). This proposal supplements the EPA's October 2020 proposal with respect to the substitution of emission reductions of nitrogen oxide (NOX) for emission reductions of volatile organic compounds (VOC), based on comments received during the public comment period for the October 2020 proposal. In the October 2020 proposal, the EPA proposed to approve the substitution of NOX emission reductions for VOC emission reductions but did not address how the substitution is consistent with the Clean Air Act (CAA). In this supplemental proposal, EPA is proposing to approve the substitution of NOX emission reductions for VOC emission reductions as consistent with section 182(c)(2)(C) of the CAA. The EPA is providing an opportunity for public comment on this supplemental proposal. The EPA is not reopening for comment the October 2020 proposal. Comments received on the October 2020 proposal and this supplemental proposal will be addressed in a final rule.
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