Environmental Protection Agency January 31, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs at the Logan Street Mercury Response Site in Ada County, Idaho
Document Number: 2023-01974
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-01-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into a proposed settlement, embodied in an Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs (Settlement Agreement), with the following settling party: Jones Family Trust. Under the Settlement Agreement, the settling party agrees to pay a total of $150,000 plus interest to reimburse the EPA for costs the EPA has incurred at the Logan Street Mercury Response Site (Site).
Request for Nominations to the EPA Science Advisory Board
Document Number: 2023-01926
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-01-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations of scientific experts from a diverse range of disciplines to be considered for appointment to the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB). Appointments will be announced by the Administrator.
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement: Sessions Clock Site, Bristol, Connecticut
Document Number: 2023-01925
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-01-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost settlement for recovery of response costs concerning the Sessions Clock Site, located in Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, with the Settling Party, Philips North America LLC. The proposed settlement requires the Settling Party to pay EPA $706,175.90 plus interest to settle EPA's claim for recovery of past response costs, which amount to approximately $830,795. In exchange, EPA will provide the Settling Party with a covenant not to sue for past costs. The settlement has been approved by the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice. For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement for recovery of response costs. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to this cost recovery settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the Environmental Protection AgencyRegion I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912.
Public Hearing for the Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
Document Number: 2023-01924
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-01-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that a virtual public hearing will be held for the proposed action titled, ``Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter,'' which was signed on January 5, 2023. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, and Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Based on the EPA's reconsideration of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM), the EPA proposes to revise the primary annual PM2.5 standard by lowering the level. The Agency proposes to retain the current primary 24-hour PM2.5 standard and the primary 24-hour PM10 standard. The Agency also proposes not to change the secondary 24-hour PM2.5 standard, secondary annual PM2.5 standard, and secondary 24-hour PM10 standard at this time. The EPA also proposes revisions to other key aspects related to the PM NAAQS, including revisions to the Air Quality Index (AQI) and monitoring requirements for the PM NAAQS.
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15
Document Number: 2023-01413
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-01-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15). The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to biennially publish a plan for new and revised effluent limitations guidelines, after public review and comment. Plan 15 provides updates on activities discussed in Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Preliminary Plan 15) and discusses comments that were received during the public comment period. Plan 15 discusses EPA's 2021 annual review of effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards, presents the agency's preliminary review of certain specific point source categories, provides an update on the analyses and tools that EPA is developing related to effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards, and discusses several new and ongoing rulemaking actions.
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