Environmental Protection Agency June 22, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Buick City Site in Flint, Michigan
Document Number: 2023-13231
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-06-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with the Prospective Purchaser Agreement, notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning Buick City Site in Flint, Michigan with the following Settling Party: Flint Commerce Center, LLC. The settlement requires the Settling Party to, if necessary, execute and record a Declaration of Restrictive Covenant; provide access to the Site and exercise due care with respect to existing contamination. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the Settling Party pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act with respect to the Existing Contamination. Existing Contamination is defined as any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or Waste Material present or existing on or under the Property as of the Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement; any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or Waste Material that migrated from the Property prior to the Effective Date; and any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or Waste Material presently at the Site that migrates onto, on, under, or from the Property after the Effective Date. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at https:// www.regulations.gov. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA, Region 5, Records Center, 77 W Jackson Blvd., 7th Fl., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public hearing in the affected area, in accordance with section 7003(d) of RCRA.
Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Proposed Approval of the Muskingum River SO2 Attainment Plan
Document Number: 2023-13230
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-06-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), a revision to the Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP) intended to provide for attainment of the 2010 primary, health-based 1-hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or standard) for the Muskingum River SO2 nonattainment area. This SIP revision (hereinafter referred to as Ohio's Muskingum River SO2 attainment plan or plan) includes Ohio's attainment demonstration and other attainment planning elements required under the CAA. EPA proposes to find that Ohio has appropriately demonstrated that the plan provides for attainment of the 2010 1-hour primary SO2 NAAQS in the Muskingum River, Ohio nonattainment area and that the plan meets the other applicable requirements under the CAA. EPA is also proposing to incorporate by reference Ohio's Director's Final Findings and Orders (DFFOs), issued on May 23, 2023, into the Ohio SIP. The DFFOs set forth additional requirements at Globe Metallurgical (Globe) to verify appropriate source characterization for modeling purposes.
Letter Peer Review; 2023 White Paper on the Quantitative Human Health Approach To Be Applied in the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos Part 2; Request for Nominations of Expert Reviewers
Document Number: 2023-13294
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-06-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or ``Agency'') is seeking public nominations of scientific and technical experts to review the ``2023 White Paper on the Quantitative Human Health Approach to be Applied in the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos Part 2.'' The white paper will be released for public review and comment in late July 2023 and subsequently submitted for letter peer review. EPA currently anticipates selecting approximately 10-15 expert reviewers and plans to make a list of candidates under consideration as prospective letter reviewers for this review available for public comment by early August 2023.
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC); Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: 2023-13316
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-06-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), notice is hereby given that the next meeting of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) will be held virtually and in- person on July 12 and 13, 2023. The meeting will take place on the campus of Colorado State University, 350 West Pitkin Street, Fort Collins 80523, Room 161. The FRRCC provides independent policy advice, information, and recommendations to the Administrator on a range of environmental issues and policies that are of importance to agriculture and rural communities.
Announcing the 2024 Chemical Data Reporting Submission Period
Document Number: 2023-13254
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-06-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the start of the 2024 submission period for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule. The CDR rule requires manufacturers (including importers) of chemical substances on the TSCA Inventory above an applicable regulatory threshold to report to EPA, every four years, information concerning the manufacturing, processing, and use of such chemical substances, unless exempt from this requirement under the CDR rule. For the 2024 submission period, manufacturers (including importers) are subject to the reporting requirements based on manufacturing (including importing) activities conducted during the calendar years 2020 through 2023.
Flame Retardants; Significant New Uses Rules for Certain Non-Ongoing Uses
Document Number: 2023-13250
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-06-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) for three flame retardants, tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[2, 6-dibromophenol], also known as ``tetrabromobisphenol A,'' (TBBPA), and triphenyl phosphate (TPP), which are all undergoing TSCA risk evaluations. The proposed significant new uses are manufacture (including import) or processing for any use, with the exception that the conditions of use the Agency expects to consider within the scope of the TSCA section 6 risk evaluations are not proposed as significant new uses. Persons subject to the SNUR would be required to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing any manufacturing (including import) or processing of the chemical substance for a significant new use. Once EPA receives a notification, EPA must review and make an affirmative determination on the notification, and take such action as is required by any such determination before the manufacture (including import) or processing for the significant new use can commence.
Air Plan Approval; Virginia; Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Amendments to Facility and Control Equipment Maintenance or Malfunction Regulations
Document Number: 2023-13147
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-06-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The revision pertains to several state regulatory changes affecting startup, shutdown and malfunction. This SIP revision was submitted in response to a finding of substantial inadequacy and SIP call published on June 12, 2015, for provisions in the Virginia SIP. EPA is approving these revisions to the Virginia SIP and determining that the SIP revision corrects the deficiencies in the Virginia SIP identified in the June 12, 2015 SIP call. This action is being taken in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Request for Nominations to the National Environmental Youth Advisory Council
Document Number: 2023-13216
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-06-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites applications from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to the National Environmental Youth Advisory Council. Approximately sixteen vacancies are expected to be filled by December 2023. For appointment consideration, nominations should be submitted by August 22, 2023. Sources in addition to this Federal Register notice may also be utilized in the solicitation of nominees.
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