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National Priorities List
Document Number: 2022-19149
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List (``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the agency'') in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow the EPA to assess the nature and extent of public health and environmental risks associated with the site and to determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be appropriate. This rule proposes to add two sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL. This document also withdraws a previous proposal for NPL addition.
National Priorities List
Document Number: 2022-19148
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List (``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency (``the EPA'' or ``the agency'') in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow the EPA to assess the nature and extent of public health and environmental risks associated with the site and to determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be appropriate. This rule adds five sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL.
Air Plan Approval; Montana; Revisions to Regional Haze State Implementation Plan and Partial Withdrawals to Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan
Document Number: 2022-18680
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Montana on March 25, 2020, addressing regional haze. Specifically, EPA is proposing to approve a SIP revision for the first implementation period of the Clean Air Act's (CAA) regional haze program that addresses the nitrogen oxides (NOX) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) requirements for two electric generating unit (EGU) facilities, as well as proposing to withdraw portions of the Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) promulgated by EPA in 2012 (2012 regional haze FIP) addressing the NOX, SO2 and particulate matter (PM) BART requirements for two cement kilns and the PM BART requirements for the same two EGU facilities. This action also addresses the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's June 9, 2015 vacatur and remand of portions of the FIP. EPA is proposing this action pursuant to sections 110 and 169A of the CAA.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Fossil Fuel Fired Steam Generating Units (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-19536
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Fossil Fuel Fired Steam Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 1052.13, OMB Control Number 2060- 0026), 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 November 30, 2022. 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; NSPS for Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating Operations
Document Number: 2022-19534
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating Operations 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 November 30, 2022. 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; NSPS for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-19530
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants (EPA ICR Number 1066.10, OMB Control Number 2060- 0032), 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 November 30, 2022. 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; Gathering Data on Results of Annual and Triennial Testing To Evaluate the Impacts of EPA's 2015 Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulation
Document Number: 2022-19529
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Gathering Data on Results of Annual and Triennial Testing to Evaluate the Impacts of EPA's 2015 Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulation (EPA ICR Number 2650.02, OMB Control Number 2050-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 2, 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 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.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2022-19482
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-19425
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (EPA ICR Number 2163.08, OMB Control Number 2060- 0563), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register on February 8, 2021 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.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Utah; Revisions to Utah Administrative Code: Environmental Quality; Title R307; Air Quality
Document Number: 2022-19299
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-09-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to the Utah Division of Administrative Rules (DAR) submitted by the State of Utah on May 21, 2020, May 28, 2020, November 3, 2020, and November 12, 2020. The EPA is taking this action pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-19424
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (EPA ICR Number 2025.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0481), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register on February 8, 2021 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.
Proposed Reissuance of NPDES General Permit for Federal Aquaculture Facilities and Aquaculture Facilities Located in Indian Country in Washington (WAG130000)
Document Number: 2022-19261
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Director of the Water Division, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10, proposes to reissue the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Federal Aquaculture Facilities and Aquaculture Facilities Located in Indian Country in Washington (draft general permit). As proposed, eligible facilities include Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production (CAAP) facilities, non-CAAP facilities, aquaculture research facilities, and dam fish passage facilities. Currently, there are 32 facilities covered under the existing administratively continued general permit. Existing aquaculture facilities may request authorization to discharge under the general permit by submitting a Notice of Intent (NOI) no more than ninety (90) days following the effective date of the draft general permit. New facilities that begin operations after the effective date of the draft general permit must submit a NOI at least 180 days prior to initiation of operations. Upon receipt, EPA will review the NOI to ensure that all permit requirements are met. If determined appropriate by EPA, a discharger will be granted coverage under the general permit upon the date that EPA provides written notification. EPA is accepting public comments on the draft general permit.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers of Pesticides and Pesticide Devices Under 40 CFR Part 169; EPA ICR Number 0143.13, OMB Control Number 2070-0028
Document Number: 2022-19236
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers, of Pesticides and Pesticide Devices under 40 CFR part 169'' (EPA ICR No. 0143.13, OMB Control No. 2070-0028) 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 proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 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.
Oxirane, 2-(phenoxymethyl)-, polymer with oxirane, monobutyl ether, block; Tolerance Exemption
Document Number: 2022-19295
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-09-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Oxirane, 2-(phenoxymethyl)-, polymer with oxirane, monobutyl ether, block, when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. Spring Regulatory Sciences (SRS) on behalf of Stepan Company (Stepan) submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Oxirane, 2-(phenoxymethyl)-, polymer with oxirane, monobutyl ether, block, on food or feed commodities.
Thymol; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Document Number: 2022-19294
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-09-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of thymol (5-methyl-2-isopropyl-1-phenol) in or on all food commodities when used in accordance with good agricultural practices. Sci Reg, Inc., on behalf of Eden Research PLC, 6 Priory Ct., Priory Court Business Park, Poulton, Cirencester, GL7 5JB, United Kingdom, submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of thymol when used in accordance with this exemption.
Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances
Document Number: 2022-18657
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-09-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA'' or ``Superfund''), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural isomers, as hazardous substances. CERCLA authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations designating as hazardous substances such elements, compounds, mixtures, solutions, and substances which, when released into the environment, may present substantial danger to the public health or welfare or the environment. Such a designation would ultimately facilitate cleanup of contaminated sites and reduce human exposure to these ``forever'' chemicals.
Colour Index Pigment Violet 29 (PV29); Revision to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk Determination; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2022-19093
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the Colour Index Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) risk evaluation issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The revision to the PV29 risk determination reflects the announced policy changes to ensure the public is protected from unreasonable risks from chemicals in a way that is supported by science and the law. EPA determined that PV29, as a whole chemical substance, presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health when evaluated under its conditions of use. In addition, this revised risk determination does not reflect an assumption that workers always appropriately wear personal protective equipment (PPE). EPA understands that there could be occupational safety protections in place at workplace locations; however, not assuming use of PPE reflects EPA's recognition that unreasonable risk may exist for subpopulations of workers that may be highly exposed because they are not covered by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, or their employers are out of compliance with OSHA standards, or because many of OSHA's chemical-specific permissible exposure limits largely adopted in the 1970's are described by OSHA as being ``outdated and inadequate for ensuring protection of worker health,'' or because OSHA has not issued a chemical-specific permissible exposure limit (PEL) (as is the case for PV29), or because EPA finds unreasonable risk for purposes of TSCA notwithstanding OSHA requirements. This revision supersedes the condition of use-specific no unreasonable risk determinations in the January 2021 PV29 Risk Evaluation and withdraws the associated TSCA order included in the January 2021 PV29 Risk Evaluation.
IN-11470: Styrene, Copolymers With Acrylic Acid and/or Methacrylic Acid, With None and/or One or More Monomers or Polymers; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Document Number: 2022-19126
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-09-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of styrene, copolymers with acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid, with none and/or one or more of the following monomers or polymers: acrylamidopropyl methyl sulfonic acid, methallyl sulfonic acid, 3-sulfopropyl acrylate, 3-sulfopropyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, lauryl methacrylate, and/or poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), [alpha]-(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propenyl)-[omega]- methoxy-; and its sodium, potassium, ammonium, monoethanolamine, and triethanolamine salts; the resulting polymer having a minimum number average molecular weight (in amu), 1200, when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations. Croda, Inc., submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting to amend the existing exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for styrene, copolymers with acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid with none and/or one or more monomers or polymers by including poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), [alpha]-(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propenyl)-[omega]- methoxy- as an additional polymer in the tolerance exemption description. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of styrene, copolymers with acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid with none and/or one or more monomers or polymers, as described above.
Proposed Determination To Prohibit and Restrict the Use of Certain Waters Within Defined Areas as Disposal Sites; Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska; Announcement To Extend the Period To Evaluate Public Comments
Document Number: 2022-19132
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 is extending the time requirement to allow the EPA Region 10 Regional Administrator to consider all public comments received on its 2022 Proposed Determination to Prohibit and Restrict the Use of Certain Waters within Defined Areas as Disposal Sites; Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska, issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Florida: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Document Number: 2022-19202
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-09-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to authorize changes to Florida's hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). These changes were outlined in an application to the EPA and correspond to certain Federal rules promulgated between July 1, 1987 through June 30, 2020. The EPA reviewed Florida's application and has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization. Therefore, in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, we are authorizing Florida for these changes as a direct final action without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.
Florida: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Document Number: 2022-19199
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-09-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action on the authorization of Florida's changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). These changes were outlined in an application to the EPA and correspond to certain Federal rules promulgated between July 1, 1987 and June 30, 2020. We have determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed for final authorization.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2022-19183
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-06
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) is giving notice that it proposes to create a new system of records pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. The Office of Land and Emergency Management, Customer Relationship Management System (OLEM CRM) is being created to support work under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Save Our Seas 2.0 (SOS 2.0), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The OLEM CRM will track and manage stakeholder engagement, stakeholder commitments, EPA commitments, and external communications with stakeholders related to the implementation of OLEM's initiatives.
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Alternative RIN Retirement Schedule for Small Refineries
Document Number: 2022-18870
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-09-02
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is finalizing an optional alternative renewable identification number (RIN) retirement schedule for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for the 2020 compliance year. Small refineries that elect to use the alternative RIN retirement schedule will have to fully comply with their 2020 RFS obligations including any RIN deficits from 2019 carried forward into the 2020 compliance yearby February 1, 2024. EPA is taking this action because small refineries may need more time to plan for compliance with their RFS obligations given EPA's delay in deciding small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions and setting the associated compliance deadlines.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2022-19017
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-02
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Ameren Sioux Sulfur Dioxide Consent Agreement
Document Number: 2022-18724
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-09-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of source-specific revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) received on April 21, 2022. In the submission, Missouri requests that the EPA incorporate into the SIP an additional sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions limit for the Ameren Missouri (Ameren)Sioux Energy Center (Sioux). Specifically, the EPA is proposing to approve, into the SIP, an additional SO2 emissions limit and associated operating restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting (MRR) and testing compliance requirements established in a consent agreement as permanent and enforceable SO2 control measures.
Air Plans; Arizona; Revised Format for Materials Incorporated by Reference; Correcting Amendment
Document Number: 2022-18723
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-09-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On November 23, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule titled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Arizona; Revised Format for Materials Incorporated by Reference.'' That publication inadvertently omitted an entry for a regulation approved as part of the Maricopa County portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP) and contained certain other errors. The EPA is taking direct final action to correct this omission and to correct the other errors. The regulations affected by this correcting amendment have all been previously submitted by the State of Arizona and approved by the EPA.
Air Plans; Arizona; Revised Format for Materials Incorporated by Reference; Correcting Amendment
Document Number: 2022-18698
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-09-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On November 23, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule titled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Arizona; Revised Format for Materials Incorporated by Reference.'' That publication inadvertently omitted an entry for a regulation approved as part of the Maricopa County portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP) and contained certain other errors. The EPA is proposing to correct this omission and to correct the other errors. The regulations affected by this correcting amendment have all been previously submitted by the State of Arizona and approved by the EPA.
Notice of Public Meeting Webinar of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB)
Document Number: 2022-18890
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-09-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a public meeting webinar. The purpose of the webinar will be for the Opportunity Zones and Pollution Prevention Workgroups to present their draft deliverables to EFAB and solicit feedback on the drafts. The meeting will be shared in real-time via webinar and public comments may be provided in writing in advance.
Federal Implementation Plan Addressing Reasonably Available Control Technology Requirements for Certain Sources in Pennsylvania
Document Number: 2022-18669
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-08-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating a Federal implementation plan (FIP) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania or the Commonwealth). This FIP sets emission limits for nitrogen oxides (NOX) emitted from coal-fired electric generating units (EGUs) equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) in Pennsylvania in order to meet the reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements for the 1997 and 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This action is being taken in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention
Document Number: 2022-18249
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-08-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations as a result of Agency review. The proposed revisions include several changes and amplifications to the accident prevention program requirements, enhancements to the emergency preparedness requirements, increased public availability of chemical hazard information, and several other changes to certain regulatory definitions or points of clarification. These proposed amendments seek to improve chemical process safety; assist in planning, preparedness, and responding to RMP-reportable accidents; and improve public awareness of chemical hazards at regulated sources.
Cancellation Order for Certain Chlorpyrifos Registrations
Document Number: 2022-18838
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the chlorpyrifos products listed in Table 1 of Unit I., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows an April 28, 2022, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit I. to voluntarily cancel these chlorpyrifos product registrations. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
Request for Nominations for the Science Advisory Board Environmental Justice Screen (EJScreen) Review Panel
Document Number: 2022-18683
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-30
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific experts to form a Panel to review the updated EJScreen methodology. EJScreen is an environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides EPA with a nationwide consistent approach for combining environmental and demographic indicators to identify areas with potential environmental justice (EJ) concerns. The SAB EJScreen Review Panel will consider the EJScreen methodology and updated calculations for the EJ indexes released publicly in 2022, as well as other aspects of the calculations. The Panel will also be asked to provide recommendations and expert input on other components of the tool.
Finding of Failure To Submit Regional Haze State Implementation Plans for the Second Planning Period
Document Number: 2022-18678
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-08-30
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action finding that 15 states have failed to submit State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to satisfy the visibility protection requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as described in implementing regulations, for the regional haze second planning period. These findings of failure to submit establish a 2-year deadline for the EPA to promulgate Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) to address these requirements for a given state unless, prior to the EPA promulgating a FIP, the state submits, and the EPA approves, a SIP that meets these requirements.
Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities-July 2022
Document Number: 2022-18675
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-08-30
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document announces the Agency's receipt of initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-18642
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-30
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1808.09, OMB Control No. 2020-0007) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, the 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 April 30, 2023. 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.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Document Number: 2022-18709
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-30
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (EPA ICR Number 2703.01, OMB Control Number 2070- NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request to consolidate certain activities currently covered under other existing ICRs. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 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 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.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-18708
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-30
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program'' (EPA ICR Number 2546.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0725) 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 August 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 11, 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 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.
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to Arkansas
Document Number: 2022-18179
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has submitted updated regulations for receiving delegation and approval of its program for the implementation and enforcement of certain National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) promulgated under the Clean Air Act (CAA), as provided for under the delegation mechanism previously approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA is approving DEQ's requested update of its NESHAP delegation. The delegation will only encompass sources subject to one or more Federal section 112 standards which are also subject to the requirements of the Title V operating permits program. The updated State regulations regard certain NESHAP, as they existed through July 31, 2020. The EPA is providing notice that it is taking final action to approve the delegation of certain NESHAP to DEQ.
Air Plan Approval; New Mexico; Interstate Transport Requirements for 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Document Number: 2022-18532
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New Mexico, through the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), for the purpose of addressing the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``Act'') ``good neighbor'' interstate transport (prongs 1 and 2) infrastructure SIP requirements for the 2010 1-hour Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). Specifically, the EPA is approving New Mexico's June 25, 2021, SIP revision that address prongs 1 and 2 to ensure that air emissions in the State do not significantly contribute to nonattainment or interfere with the maintenance of the 2010 1-hour NO2 NAAQS in any other state. The EPA is approving this action pursuant to section 110 and part D of the CAA and the EPA's regulations.
Request for Nominations of Candidates for the National Environmental Education Advisory Council (NEEAC)
Document Number: 2022-18540
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or Agency Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education is soliciting applications for environmental education professionals for consideration to serve on the National Environmental Education Advisory Council (NEEAC). There are multiple vacancies on the Advisory Council that must be filled. Additional avenues and resources may be utilized in the solicitation of applications. ``In accordance with Executive Order 14035 (June 25, 2021), EPA values and welcomes opportunities to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility on its federal advisory committees. EPA's federal advisory committees have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the American people.''
Carbon Tetrachloride; Draft Revision to Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk Determination; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment
Document Number: 2022-18535
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of and requesting public comment on a draft revision to the risk determination for the carbon tetrachloride risk evaluation issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The draft revision to the carbon tetrachloride risk determination reflects the announced policy changes to ensure the public is protected from unreasonable risks from chemicals in a way that is supported by science and the law. In this draft revision to the risk determination EPA finds that carbon tetrachloride, as a whole chemical substance, presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health when evaluated under its conditions of use. In addition, this draft revised risk determination does not reflect an assumption that all workers always appropriately wear personal protective equipment (PPE). EPA understands that there could be occupational safety protections in place at workplace locations; however, not assuming use of PPE reflects EPA's recognition that unreasonable risk may exist for subpopulations of workers that may be highly exposed because they are not covered by the standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), or their employers are out of compliance with OSHA standards, or because many of OSHA's chemical-specific permissible exposure limits largely adopted in the 1970's are described by OSHA as being ``outdated and inadequate for ensuring protection of worker health.'' This revision, when final, would supersede the condition of use-specific no unreasonable risk determinations in the 2020 Carbon Tetrachloride Risk Evaluation (and withdraw the associated order) and would make a revised determination of unreasonable risk for carbon tetrachloride as a whole chemical substance.
Air Plan Approval; Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, New Mexico; Excess Emissions
Document Number: 2022-18534
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision from the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) submitted on October 17, 2016, on behalf of the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board (Air Board). The submittal is in response to the EPA's national SIP call on June 12, 2015, concerning excess emissions during periods of Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (SSM). EPA is approving the SIP submittal and finds that the SIP revision corrects the substantial inadequacies identified in the June 12, 2015, SIP call.
Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses
Document Number: 2022-18555
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of certain product registrations and to amend certain product registrations to terminate one or more uses. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registration has been cancelled or use terminated, only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Statement Supporting the Collection of Information for Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, as Amended; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention, EPA ICR Number 2725.01, OMB Control Number 2050-NEW
Document Number: 2022-18544
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act, as amended; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention, (EPA ICR Number 2725.01, OMB Control Number 2050-NEW) 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 new ICR. 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.
Removal of the Reformulated Gasoline Program From the Southern Maine Area
Document Number: 2022-18320
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-08-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In this final action, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending its reformulated gasoline (RFG) regulations to reflect that York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Knox and Lincoln counties in Maine (the Southern Maine Area) are no longer Federal RFG covered areas as of September 30, 2021. EPA previously approved a petition from Maine to opt out of the Federal RFG program and removed the requirement to sell Federal RFG in the Southern Maine Area as of September 30, 2021. This effective date applied to retailers, wholesale purchaser-consumers, refiners, importers, and distributors. This rule merely updates the list of RFG-covered areas in the Federal regulations to reflect the effective date of the opt-out for the Southern Maine Area.
Deadlines for Submission and Recordation of Allowance Allocations Under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Trading Programs and the Texas SO2
Document Number: 2022-18318
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-08-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising certain administrative deadlines under seven allowance trading programs for emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX).
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; EPA Application Materials for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
Document Number: 2022-18467
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``EPA Application Materials for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act'' (EPA ICR no. 2549.03, OMB Control No. 2040-0292) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a request for approval of a renewal. 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.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Air Stationary Source Compliance and Enforcement Information Reporting (Renewal)
Document Number: 2022-18425
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), the Air Stationary Source Compliance and Enforcement Information Reporting (Renewal) (EPA ICR No. 0107.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0096) 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 proposed extension of the currently approved ICR. 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.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2022-18412
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-08-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; GA; Redesignation of the Atlanta, Georgia 2015 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment
Document Number: 2022-17846
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-08-26
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve changes to the Georgia State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on behalf of the State of Georgia, through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) of the Department of Natural Resources, on February 28, 2022, through a letter dated February 25, 2022. The submission includes a request for the EPA to redesignate the Atlanta, Georgia 2015 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (hereinafter referred to as the ``Atlanta Area'' or ``Area'') to attainment for the 2015 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or standards) and to approve a SIP revision containing a maintenance plan for the Area. EPA is proposing to approve the State's plan for maintaining attainment of the 2015 8-hour ozone standard in the Area, including the motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) for the years 2018 and 2033 for the Area, and to incorporate the maintenance plan into the SIP, and to redesignate the Area to attainment for the 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS. EPA is also notifying the public of the status of EPA's adequacy determination for the MVEBs for the Area.
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