Environmental Protection Agency May 26, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
Results 1 - 7 of 7
Updates to New Chemicals Regulations Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing amendments to the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). These amendments are intended to align the regulatory text with the amendments to TSCA's new chemicals review provisions contained in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, enacted on June 22, 2016, improve the efficiency of EPA's review processes, and update the regulations based on existing policies and experience implementing the New Chemicals Program. The proposal includes amendments that would reduce the need to redo all or part of the risk assessment by improving information initially submitted in new chemicals notices, which should also help reduce the length of time that new chemicals notices are under review. EPA is also proposing several amendments to the regulations for low volume exemptions (LVEs) and low release and exposure exemptions (LoREXs), which include requiring EPA approval of an exemption notice prior to commencement of manufacture, making per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) categorically ineligible for these exemptions, and providing that certain persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic (PBT) chemical substances are ineligible for these exemptions, consistent with EPA's 1999 PBT policy.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Correction
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register on April 21, 2023, requesting comments on a proposed Information Collection Request (EPA ICR Number 2723.01, OMB Control Number 2040-NEW) being submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. That notice contained an error in the Agency Docket ID Number. This document corrects that error.
Air Plan Approval; ID; State Board Composition
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the Idaho State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on August 9, 2022. The revision was submitted to meet the state board composition requirements of the Clean Air Act.
Bennett Landfill Fire Superfund Site, Chester, South Carolina; Proposed Settlements
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into forty-nine Individual settlements with fifty-three parties concerning the Bennett Landfill Fire Site located in Chester, South Carolina. The proposed settlements address recovery of CERCLA costs for a cleanup that was performed at the Site and costs incurred by EPA. The individual proposed settlements are as follows: Rock Hill School District 3, CERCLA-04-2023-2506(b); Carlisle Finishing LLC, CERCLA-04-2022-2506(b); Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. f/k/a South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, CERCLA-04-2022-2512(b); Signet Mills, Inc. f/k/a Green Textile Associates, Inc., CERCLA-04-2022- 2513(b); AstenJohnson, Inc., CERCLA-04-2022-2508; Hexion Inc., CERCLA- 04-2022-2515(b); Target Contractors, LLC, CERCLA-04-2022-2517(b); Inman-Campobello Water District, CERCLA-04-2022-2523(b); Laurens County School District #56, CERCLA-04-2022-2520(b); McLeod Medical Center Dillon, CERCLA-04-2022-2519(b); Michelin North America, Inc., CERCLA- 04-2022-2521(b); Anderson County, South Carolina, CERCLA-04-2022-2511; Aiken County, South Carolina, CERCLA-04-2022-2510; Anderson County School District 5, CERCLA-04-2023-2500(b); Boulevard Baptist Church of Anderson, Inc., CERCLA-04-2023-2501(b); Owens Corning, CERCLA-04-2023- 2502(b); School District of Pickens County, CERCLA-04-2023-2503(b); Midland Industries, LLC f/k/a Midland Capital Corp. CERCLA-04-2022- 2522(b); Milliken & Company, CERCLA-04-2022-2524(b); Mohawk Industries, Inc., CERCLA-04-2022-2525(b); Richloom Fabrics Group, Inc., CERCLA- 042023-2504(b); South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, CERCLA-04-2023-2508(b); Self Regional Healthcare, CERCLA-04-2023- 2509(b); SERRUS Real Estate Fund II, LLC and SERRUS Capital Partners, Inc., CERCLA-04-2023-2510(b); Snyder Investments, Inc. and Snyder Electric Company, Inc., CERCLA-04-2023-2515(b); South Carolina Regional Housing Authority No. 1, CERCLA-04-2023-2516(b); Spartanburg County, CERCLA-04-2023-2517(b); Spartanburg District Five Schools, CERCLA-04- 2023-2519(b); The Timken Company, CERCLA-04-2023-2518(b); Tri-County Technical College, CERCLA-04-2023-2511(b); Trinity United Methodist Church of Enoree, SC, CERCLA-04-2023-2512(b); Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., CERCLA-04-2023-2513(b); Wofford College, CERCLA-04-2023-2514(b); BASF Corporation, CERCLA-04-2022-2507; Cherokee Avenue Baptist Church, CERCLA-04-2022-2507(b); W.R. Floyd Services, Inc., d/b/a J. F. Floyd Mortuary, CERCLA-04-2022-2518(b); Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District, CERCLA-04-2022-2514(b); City of York, South Carolina, CERCLA- 04-2022-2510(b); Converse University f/k/a Converse College, CERCLA-04- 2022- 2516(b); Royal Adhesives and Sealants, LLC, and Simpsonville Properties LLC, CERCLA-04-2023-2507(b); Spartanburg County School District Three, CERCLA-04-2023-2520(b); City of Landrum, South Carolina, CERCLA-04- 2022-2508(b); Cooper Standard Automotive Inc., CERCLA-04-2022-2511(b); Brixmor Property Group Inc., ERP Hillcrest, LLC, and Excel Realty Partners LP, CERCLA-04-2022-2509(b); School District of Newberry County, CERCLA-04-2023-2522(b); Mecklenburg County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board CERCLA-04-2022-2509; Inman Mills, CERCLA-04-2023-2528(b); Price Construction, Inc., CERCLA-04-2023-2525(b); Winthrop University, United States General Services Administration and United States Postal Service, CERCLA-04-2023-2527(b).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Performance Evaluation Studies on Wastewater Laboratories (Renewal)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Performance Evaluation Studies on Wastewater Laboratories (EPA ICR Number 0234.14, OMB Control Number 2080-0021) 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 May 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 30, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Finding of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plan Submissions for the 2012 Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards; California; Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to find that California has failed to submit state implementation plan (SIP) elements required under the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``Act'') to implement the 2012 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin (``South Coast''). California was required to submit by June 9, 2022, a SIP submission that meets the Serious area plan requirements for a base year emissions inventory and best available control measures (BACM). The State submitted the required SIP elements, but subsequently withdrew its submission. If the EPA has not affirmatively found that the State has submitted a complete SIP to correct these deficiencies within 18 months of this finding, the offset sanction will apply in the area. If within six additional months the EPA has still not affirmatively determined that the State has submitted a complete SIP to correct the deficiencies, the highway funding sanction will apply in the area. No later than two years after the EPA makes this finding, if the State has not submitted and the EPA has not approved each of the required SIP elements, the EPA must promulgate a federal implementation plan (FIP) to address the remaining requirements.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
