Environmental Protection Agency May 19, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation of the Detroit, MI Area to Attainment of the 2015 Ozone Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing its redesignation of the Detroit, Michigan area to attainment for the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in accordance with a request from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). EGLE submitted this request on January 3, 2022. EPA is approving, as a revision to the Michigan State Implementation Plan (SIP), the State's plan for maintaining the 2015 ozone NAAQS through 2035 in the Detroit area. EPA is also finding adequate and approving Michigan's 2025 and 2035 volatile organic compound (VOC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) motor vehicle emissions budgets (budgets) for the Detroit area. The Detroit area includes Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties.
Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Clean Data Determination for the Detroit Area for the 2015 Ozone Standard
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is determining under the Clean Air Act (CAA) that the Detroit, Michigan nonattainment area (hereafter also referred to, respectively, as the ``Detroit area'' or ``area'') has attained the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or standard). This determination is based upon complete, quality-assured, and certified ambient air monitoring data for the 2020-2022 design period showing that the area achieved attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS, based on the exclusion of certain exceedances of the 2015 ozone NAAQS that were due to exceptional events. EPA is taking final agency action on an exceptional events request submitted by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) on January 26, 2023. As a result of the clean data determination, based on exclusion of event-influenced data, EPA is suspending the requirements for the area to submit attainment demonstrations and associated Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM), Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) plans, contingency measures for failure to attain or make reasonable progress, and other planning SIPs related to attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS, for as long as the area continues to attain the 2015 ozone NAAQS. This action does not constitute a redesignation of the area to attainment of the 2015 ozone NAAQS.
Various Fragrance Components in Pesticide Formulations; Tolerance Exemption
This regulation establishes exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of various fragrance components listed in Unit II of this document when they are used as inert ingredients in antimicrobial pesticide formulations applied to food-contact surfaces in public eating places, dairy-processing equipment, and food- processing equipment and utensils when the end-use concentration does not exceed 100 parts per million (ppm). Verto Solutions, on behalf of The Clorox Company, submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting the establishment of exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of these various fragrance components, when used in accordance with the terms of the exemptions.
Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Jersey; New Jersey 2017 Periodic Emission Inventory SIP for Ozone Nonattainment and PM2.5/Regional Haze Areas, New Jersey Nonattainment Emission Inventory for 2008 Ozone NAAQS
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions related to the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The SIP revision consists of the following: 2017 calendar year ozone precursor emission inventories for volatile organic compounds (VOC), oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and carbon monoxide (CO) for the Northern New Jersey portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-CT ozone nonattainment area (Northern New Jersey) and the Southern New Jersey portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-MD- DE ozone nonattainment area (Southern New Jersey).
Partial Approval, Conditional Approval, and Partial Disapproval of Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Nevada; Infrastructure Requirements for Ozone
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving in part, conditionally approving in part, and disapproving in part a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Nevada pursuant to the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``Act'') for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the 2015 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone. As part of this action, we are reclassifying a region of the State for emergency episode planning purposes with respect to ozone. Finally, we are approving a regulatory revision into the Nevada SIP.
Benzyl Alcohol; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of benzyl alcohol (CAS Reg. No. 100-51-6) when used as an inert ingredient (adjuvant) in pesticide formulations applied to crops and raw agricultural commodities pre- and post- harvest, limited to no more than 60% by weight in the pesticide formulation. Landis International, Inc., on behalf of CJB Applied Technologies, LLC, submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting establishment of an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of benzyl alcohol when used in accordance with the terms of the exemption.
Availability of the Integrated Science Assessment for Lead (Pb) (External Review Draft); Extension of Comment Period
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the public comment period by two weeks for the document titled, ``Integrated Science Assessment for Lead (Pb) (External Review Draft)'' The original Federal Register document announcing the public comment period was published on March 31, 2023.
Determination of Attainment by the Attainment Date for the 2012 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Standard; Pennsylvania; Allegheny County Nonattainment Area
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is determining that the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) nonattainment area (``Allegheny County PM2.5 nonattainment area,'' ``the nonattainment area,'' or simply ``the area'') attained the 2012 annual PM2.5 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS or ``standard'') by its December 31, 2021, ``Moderate'' area attainment date. This determination, as required under Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 179 and 188, is based upon quality-assured, quality-controlled, and certified ambient air monitoring data for the 2019-2021 period available in EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) monitoring data repository. The area remains nonattainment for the 2012 annual PM2.5 NAAQS until the area is redesignated to attainment.
Access to Confidential Business Information; Industrial Economics, Incorporated
This notice announces that information submitted to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including information that may have been claimed as or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), will be transferred to its contractor Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) of Cambridge, MA in accordance with the CBI regulations. Access to this information will enable the contractor to fulfill the obligations of the contract with EPA.
South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act-Interim Assessment; Notice of Public Meeting
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announces a series of public meetings of the Interagency Working Group on the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (IWG-HABHRCA). The purpose of these meetings is for the IWG-HABHRCA to provide updates on the assessment of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and hypoxia in South Florida, including a presentation of progress to-date as well as next steps, as is required by the South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2021. The meetings will be open to the public and conducted in a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual attendance options. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further details.
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a public meeting of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). The EPA renewed the CAAAC charter on October 31, 2022, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on economic, environmental, technical, scientific and enforcement policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990.
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